 In 1987, Terje Røsjode, former bank chief for Christiania Bank in Sandefjord, took over as managing director.The Brasilias had state-of-art technology, and although airlines purchase new aircraft to reduce their maintenance costs, this was not the reality for Norsk Air because they did not have sufficient competence to maintain the aircraft.In particular, they lacked sufficient electronic expertise, due to the increase of electronic components in the aircraft.