Sas Md 80 Crash. The crash and subsequent fire killed four italian ground personnel in the hangar and injured four more. The md 81 contacted trees at 121 knots and a major portion of the right wing broke off.
The md 81 contacted trees at 121 knots and a major portion of the right wing broke off. The accident occurred less than a month after the september 11 attacks and the day after the u s. It was fitted with two pratt whitney jt8d low bypass turbofan engines.
It made its first flight on 16 march 1991 and was delivered soon after to sas on 10 april 1991.
It made its first flight on 16 march 1991 and was delivered soon after to sas on 10 april 1991. At the time of the accident the aircraft had been in service for only nine months. The crash at milan s linate airport in october 2001 was italy s worst civil aviation disaster. The pilot of the sas plane which had 104 passengers 56 foreigners and 48 italians and six crew on board could not avoid the impact but appeared to take evasive action crashing into the.
