"Robert Moore" wrote in message
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It appears to be a "cargo loading" door that has been replaced and not
yet painted. See:
http://www.airliners.net/photo/CSA--...461524/L/&sid=
0330cae2681537c95687d78991642d2a

Makes sense.....FEDEX uses the ATR-42 for their package service.

Bob Moore

Had not considered a cargo area forward of the passenger cabin but from your
link that is the answer, thank you very much.

--
Andrew B (Cheshire, England)

"Heavier-than-air flying machines are impossible."
(Lord Kelvin, president Royal Society, 1895.)