Accident | |
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Date | 31 July 1979 |
Summary | Maintenance error (Accidental engagement of gust lock) |
Site | Sumburgh Airport 59°52′55″N 1°17′05″W / 59.8820°N 1.2848°W |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Hawker Siddeley HS.748-105 series 1 |
Operator | Dan-Air Services Ltd |
Registration | G-BEKF |
Flight origin | Sumburgh Airport |
Destination | Aberdeen Airport |
Occupants | 47 |
Passengers | 44 |
Crew | 3 |
Fatalities | 17 |
Survivors | 30 |
Dan-Air Flight 0034 was a fatal accident involving a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 series 1 turboprop aircraft operated by Dan-Air Services Limited on an oil industry charter flight from Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands, to Aberdeen Airport.
The crash, which occurred on 31 July 1979 50 m (160 ft) offshore following the aircraft's failure to take off, resulted in the aircraft's destruction and 17 deaths of 47 on board (15 of 44 passengers and both pilots).[1][2][3]