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Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle I: Aircraft name: Orm Viking: ... Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 was a scheduled flight from Copenhagen in Denmark to the ...
In the 1960 Flight 871 to Istanbul, the aircraft descended too early, resulting in 42 people perishing in the first accident of the Sud Aviation Caravelle. The same cause was responsible nine years later in Los Angeles, when 15 people were killed in Flight 933.
The accident rate per million flights is estimated at more than 5.5, compared with less than 1 for the most recent airliners. 19 January 1960 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871, a Caravelle I, crashed at Esenboga Airport, Turkey due to excessive descent for reasons unknown. Seven crew members and 35 passengers lost their lives.
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January 19 – The Scandinavian Airlines System Sud Aviation Caravelle Orm Viking (tail number OY-KRB), operating as Flight 871, crashes on approach to Esenboğa International Airport outside Ankara, Turkey, killing all 42 people on board. It is the first fatal crash of a Caravelle.
The aircraft remained the flagships of the fleet until 1952 when the intercontinental routes were taken over by the DC-6B. They were then used on European flights until being sold. [36] Saab 90A-2 Scandia: 8: 0: 32: 1950: 1958: ABA ordered ten Scandias in 1948, under political pressure to purchase a Swedish aircraft.
1960 – Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871, a Sud Aviation Caravelle, crashes while on approach to Esenboğa International Airport, killing all 42 on board; an undetermined descent was to blame for the first fatal crash of the Sud Caravelle. 1956 – First flight of The Supermarine Scimitar (type 544), British naval fighter aircraft.
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