| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 13, 1969 |
| Type | Pilot error |
| Site | Los Angeles, USA |
| Passengers | 36 |
| Crew | 9 |
| Injuries | 17 |
| Fatalities | 15 |
| Survivors | 30 |
| Aircraft type | McDonnell-Douglas DC-8-62 |
| Aircraft name | Sverre Viking |
| Operator | Scandinavian Airlines |
| Tail number | LN-MOO |
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 6 nautical miles (11 km) west of the Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles, California, at approximately 1921 P.S.T., January 13, 1969. Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Pilot error (sometimes called cockpit error) is a term used to describe the cause of a crash of an airworthy Aircraft where the pilot is considered to be principally Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An aircraft registration is a unique Alphanumeric string that identifies an Aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile Scandinavian Airlines System ( SAS) is a multi-national Airline for Denmark, Norway and Sweden, and the leading carrier in the McDonnell Douglas was a major American Aerospace manufacturer and Defense contractor, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout An aircraft registration is a unique Alphanumeric string that identifies an Aircraft, in similar fashion to a licence plate on an automobile Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Santa Monica Bay is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern California, United States. Los Angeles International Airport is the primary Airport serving Los Angeles, California, the second-most populated metropolitan area of Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West California ( is a US state on the West Coast of the United States, along the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Time Zone observes Standard time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time ( UTC-8) Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The aircraft was operating as Flight SK-933 from Seattle, Washington, to Los Angeles, California, following a flight from Copenhagen, Denmark. Washington ( is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. Copenhagen (ˌkəʊpənˈheɪgən ˌkəʊpənˈhɑːgən ˈkəʊpənˌheɪgən ˈkəʊpənˌhɑːgən kʰøb̥ənˈhɑʊ̯ˀn kʰøb̥m̩ˈhɑʊ̯ˀn is the capital and largest city The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe A scheduled crew change occurred at Seattle for the flight to Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
The accident occurred in the waters of Santa Monica Bay while the crew was attempting an instrument approach to Runway O7R at Los Angeles International Airport. Santa Monica Bay is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in southern California, United States. An instrument approach or instrument approach procedure (IAP is a type of Air navigation that allows pilots to land an Aircraft in A runway ( RWY) is a strip of land on an Airport, on which Aircraft can take off and land. Los Angeles International Airport is the primary Airport serving Los Angeles, California, the second-most populated metropolitan area of 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 crewmembers including the captain, the co-pilot, and the flight engineer (systems operator) , were injured in varying degrees; and 13 passengers escaped without reported injury. Flight attendants or cabin crew (historically known as stewards air hosts/hostesses or stewardesses) are members of an Aircrew In Commercial aviation, the first officer is the second pilot (sometimes referred to as the "co-pilot" of an Aircraft. In Aviation, a flight engineer is a member of the aircrew of some Aircraft. The aircraft was destroyed by impact.
The fuselage broke into three pieces, two of which sank in approximately 350 feet (110 m) of water. The fuselage (from the French fuselé "spindle-shaped" is an Aircraft 's main body section that holds crew and passengers or Cargo 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. A cockpit is the area usually near the front of an Aircraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft This section was later recovered and removed from the water.
Source: National Transportation Safety Board, Bureau of Aviation Safety.
See also
External links
- NTBS, National Transportation Safety Board Brief summary of this accident
- NTSB complete report on this accident.
- Aviation Safety Network, summary of this accident
- Aviation Safety Network, listing of accidents involving SAS
- Aviation Safety Network, General Database
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