List of Scandinavian Airlines accidents and incidents

Scandinavian Airlines (SAS), previously known as Scandinavian Airlines System, is the national airline of Denmark, Norway and Sweden. Headquartered in Sigtuna outside Stockholm, Sweden, it operates out of three main hubs, Copenhagen Airport, Stockholm-Arlanda Airport and Oslo Airport, Gardermoen. Owned by the eponymous SAS Group, the airline transported 22.9 million passengers to 90 destinations on an average 683 flights daily in 2011. SAS has experienced twenty-two major accidents and incidents. Of these, four have been fatal and fifteen have seen the aircraft written off. Three incidents involve hijacking.

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Scandinavian Airlines accidents and incidents

Date	Location	Type	Aircraft	Description	Ref(s)
01948-07-044 July 1948 15:03	Northwood, London, United Kingdom 51.60°N 0.453°W / 51.60; -0.453	Mid-air collision	Douglas DC-6	SAS DC-6 SE-BDA and a RAF Avro York collided over Northwood, London close to RAF Northolt. Thirty-nine passengers and crew of both aircraft died in Britain’s worst mid-air collision.
01949-01-2222 January 1949	Luleå Airport, Luleå, Sweden 65°32′37″N 022°07′19″E	Fire	Douglas C-47	Fire.
01951-04-011 April 1951	Stockholm-Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden 59°21′16″N 17°56′23″E	Crash	Douglas C-47	Crashed into a field during landing.
01957-11-2222 November 1957	Norrköping Airport, Norrköping, Sweden 58°35′10″N 016°13′54″E	Belly landing	Douglas DC-6B	Aircraft caught on fire after a belly landed; written off
01960-01-1919 January 1960	Near Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey	Controlled flight into terrain	Sud Aviation Caravelle	Aircraft crashed into ground during decent, killing 42 people. First accident of the Caravelle.
01965-02-088 February 1965	Tenerife North Airport, La Laguna, Spain 28°28′58″N 016°20′30″W	Pilot error	Douglas DC-7C	Premature extraction of landing gear.
01969-01-1313 January 1969 19:21	Near Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, United States 33°55′14″N 118°31′58″W	Pilot error	Douglas DC-8-62	The pilots were so occupied with the nose gear light not turning green that they failed to keep track of their height. The aircraft had a crew of nine and thirty-six passengers; thirty people survived while fifteen perished.
01970-04-1919 April 1970	Leonardo da Vinci–Fiumicino Airport, Fiumicino, Italy 41°48′01″N 012°14′20″E	Engine failure	Douglas DC-8-62	Engine failed during take-off.
01971-05-1717 May 1971	Bulltofta Airport, Malmö, Sweden 55°36′18″N 013°03′35″E	Hijacking	McDonnell Douglas DC-9	Hijacking
01972-09-1515 September 1972	Bulltofta Airport, Malmö, Sweden 55°36′18″N 013°03′35″E	Hijacking	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21	Hijacked by members of Croatia's Ustaše
01973-01-3030 January 1973	Oslo Airport, Fornebu, Bærum, Norway 59°53′N 010°37′E	Runway overrun	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21	False stall warning caused pilot to abort take-off, but overran the runway and the aircraft landed on the iced Oslofjord, sinking 20 minutes later.
01974-01-2525 January 1974	Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Stockholm, Sweden 59°39′07″N 017°55′07″E	Collision	Sud Aviation Caravelle	Written off after a collision with a service truck.
01976-01-011 January 1976	Copenhagen Airport, Tårnby, Denmark 55°37′05″N 012°39′22″E	Foreign object damage	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30	Digestion of birds during take-off. Aircraft repaired.
01984-02-2828 February 1984	John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, United States 40°38′23″N 073°46′44″W	Runway overrun	McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30	The aircraft touched down 1,440 meters (4,720 ft) after the threshold and overran the runway ending in shallow water. Substantial damage to the aircraft, but it was repaired.
01987-02-2727 February 1987	Trondheim Airport, Værnes, Stjørdal, Norway 63°27′27″N 010°55′27″E	Runway overrun	McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41	Pilot forgot to arm spoilers because of interrupted checklist, resulting in a hard landing. One passenger injured and the aircraft written off.
01989-12-2727 December 1989	Near Gottröra, Norrtjälje, Sweden 59°46′06″N 018°07′55″E	Icing	McDonnell Douglas MD-81	Ice had collected on the wings' inner roots (close to the fuselage) prior to take off, which broke off and was blown/sucked into the engines as the aircraft became airborne on takeoff. After both engines failed, the pilots were forced to make an emergency landing in a field.
01993-11-2424 November 1993	Copenhagen Airport, Tårnby, Denmark 55°37′05″N 012°39′22″E	Technical fault	McDonnell Douglas MD-87	On-board fire in the electrical system.
01994-11-033 November 1994	Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Ullensaker, Norway 60°12′10″N 011°05′02″E	Hijacking	McDonnell Douglas MD-82	The hijacker was Haris Keč, a Bosnian living in Norway, who made demands that Norwegian authorities help to stop the humanitarian suffering in his home country caused by the Bosnian War. No-one was injured in the incident.
02001-10-088 October 2001	Linate Airport, Milan, Italy 57°05′34″N 009°50′57″E	Runway collision	McDonnell Douglas MD-87	The SAS airliner carrying 110 people collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation CJ2 business jet carrying four people . All 114 people on board the two aircraft were killed, as were four on the ground. A further four people on the ground were injured.
02007-09-099 September 2007 15:57	Aalborg Airport, Aalborg, Denmark 55°37′05″N 012°39′22″E	Technical fault	Bombardier Dash 8-Q400	Prior to landing, the right main landing gear failed to lock and the crew circled for an hour before attempting a prepared emergency landing. Upon touchdown, the right landing gear collapsed, the right wing touched ground, and a fire broke out. The fire went out before the aircraft came to rest and all passengers and crew were evacuated. Five people suffered minor injuries, some from propeller parts entering the cabin and others from the evacuation.
02007-09-1212 September 2007 01:36	Vilnius Airport, Vilnius, Lithuania 54°38′13″N 025°17′16″E	Technical fault	Bombardier Dash 8-Q400	The flight was headed to Palanga, Lithuania, but was diverted to Vilnius Airport when landing gear problems were discovered before landing. Upon touchdown, the right landing gear collapsed. All passengers and crew were evacuated safely. SAS grounded their entire Dash-8-400 fleet consisting of 27 aircraft, and a few hours later the manufacturer Bombardier Aerospace recommended that all the Dash-8-400 aircraft with more than 10,000 flights stay grounded until further notice.
02007-10-2727 October 2007 16:53	Copenhagen Airport, Tårnby, Denmark 55°37′05″N 012°39′22″E	Technical fault	Bombardier Dash 8-Q400	problems with the main landing gear were discovered. After waiting about two hours in the air to burn fuel and troubleshoot, the pilots attempted a prepared emergency landing. The pilots were forced to land the aircraft with the right main landing gear up. The right engine was shut off for the landing, because in the previous landings the propeller had hit the ground and shards of it ripped into the fuselage. This was not on the emergency checklist, rather it was the pilots making a safety based decision. The following day SAS announced a group-wide permanent and immediate retirement of the Q400.