Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871
A SAS Caravelle I similar to the accident aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 19 January 1960 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain |
| Site | Near Esenboğa International Airport, Turkey |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle I |
| Aircraft name | Orm Viking |
| Operator | Scandinavian Airlines System |
| Registration | OY-KRB |
| Flight origin | Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Stopover | Düsseldorf, Germany |
| 2nd stopover | Vienna, Austria |
| 3rd stopover | Istanbul, Turkey |
| 4th stopover | Ankara, Turkey |
| Destination | Cairo, Egypt |
| Occupants | 42 |
| Passengers | 35 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 42 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 was a scheduled flight from Copenhagen in Denmark to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, with several intermediate stops, operated by Scandinavian Airlines System. On 19 January 1960, the Sud Aviation Caravelle flying the service crashed while operating a leg between Yeşilköy Airport and Esenboğa International Airport in Turkey. The flight was on approach but crashed six nautical miles from the airport, unfortunately killing all 42 occupants on board. This was the first fatal crash of a Caravelle.