Scandinavian Airlines Flight 933

Infobox Airliner accident|name=SK-933 Los Angeles disaster
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Date=January 13 1969
Type=Pilot error
Site=Los Angeles, USA
Fatalities=15
Injuries= 17
Aircraft Type=McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62
Operator=Scandinavian Airlines
Tail Number=LN-MOO
Ship name=Sverre Viking
Passengers=36
Crew=9
Survivors = 30

The Scandinavian Airlines System flight SK-933, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 DC-62, tail number LN-MOO, named "Sverre Viking", of Norwegian registry, crashed in Santa Monica Bay, approximately convert|6|nmi|km west of the Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, at approximately 1921 P.S.T., January 13, 1969. The aircraft was operating as Flight SK-933 from Seattle, Washington, to Los Angeles, California, following a flight from Copenhagen, Denmark. A scheduled crew change occurred at Seattle for the flight to Los Angeles.

The accident occurred in the waters of Santa Monica Bay while the crew was attempting an instrument approach to Runway 07R at Los Angeles International Airport. Of the 45 persons aboard the aircraft, 3 passengers and 1 cabin attendant drowned; 9 passengers and 2 cabin attendants were never found and presumed dead; 11 passengers and 6 crew members including the captain, the co-pilot, and the flight engineer (systems operator), were injured in varying degrees; and 13 passengers escaped without reported injury. The aircraft was destroyed by impact.

The fuselage broke into three pieces, two of which sank in approximately convert|350|ft|m of water. The third section including the wings, the forward cabin and the cockpit, floated for about 20 hours before being towed into shallow water where it sank. This section was later recovered and removed from the water.

Source: National Transportation Safety Board, Bureau of Aviation Safety.

ee also

*Air safety

External links

* [http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=9147&key=0 NTBS, National Transportation Safety Board Brief summary of this accident]
* [http://www.airdisaster.com/reports/ntsb/AAR70-14.pdf NTSB complete report on this accident.]
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19690113-0 Aviation Safety Network, summary of this accident]
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/dblist.php?sorteer=datekey_desc&kind=%&cat=%&page=1&field=Operatorkey&var=5415 Aviation Safety Network, listing of accidents involving SAS]
* [http://aviation-safety.net/database/ Aviation Safety Network, General Database]