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_OY-KHO_KvW-1.jpg) OY-KHO, the aircraft involved in the crash | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 27 December 1991 |
| Summary | Dual engine failure due to foreign object damage[1] |
| Site | Gottröra, Norrtälje Municipality, Sweden 59°46′06″N 018°07′55″E / 59.76833°N 18.13194°E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas MD-81 |
| Aircraft name | Dana Viking |
| Operator | Scandinavian Airlines System |
| IATA flight No. | SK751 |
| ICAO flight No. | SAS751 |
| Call sign | SCANDINAVIAN 751 |
| Registration | OY-KHO |
| Flight origin | Stockholm Arlanda Airport |
| Stopover | Copenhagen Airport |
| 1st stopover | Warsaw Chopin Airport |
| Last stopover | Copenhagen Airport |
| Destination | Josep Tarradellas Barcelona–El Prat Airport |
| Occupants | 129 |
| Passengers | 123 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 0 |
| Injuries | 92 (8 serious, 84 minor) |
| Survivors | 129 |
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751 was a regularly scheduled Scandinavian Airlines passenger flight from Stockholm, Sweden, to Warsaw, Poland, via Copenhagen, Denmark. On 27 December 1991, a McDonnell Douglas MD-81 operating the flight, registration OY-KHO, piloted by Danish Captain Stefan G. Rasmussen (44) and Swedish first officer Ulf Cedermark (34), both experienced pilots with 8,000 and 3,000 flight hours, respectively, was forced to make an emergency landing in a field near Gottröra, Sweden. Ice had collected on the wings' inner roots (close to the fuselage) before takeoff, broke off, and was ingested into the engines as the aircraft became airborne on takeoff, ultimately disabling both engines. All 129 passengers and crew aboard survived.
The incident is known as the Gottröra crash (Swedish: Gottrörakraschen) or the Miracle at Gottröra (Swedish: Miraklet i Gottröra) in Sweden.[2][3]
- ^ "Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751, OY-KHO". Federal Aviation Administration. Lessons Learned. 19 December 2022.
- ^ "Gottrörakraschen" [The Gottröra Crash]. P3 Dokumentär (in Swedish). 4 May 2008. Sveriges Radio. P3. Retrieved 25 August 2020.
- ^ "Miraklet i Gottröra rör upp känslorna efter 20 år igen" [The miracle in Gottröra stirs up the emotions again after 20 years]. Expressen (in Swedish). Retrieved 15 February 2017.