- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: February 08, 1949
Time: 19:56
Location: Off Copenhagen, Denmark
Operator: Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)
Flight #: ?
Route: Paris - Copenhagen
AC Type: Vickers 628 Viking 1B
Registration: OY-DLU
cn / ln: 199
Aboard: 27   (passengers:23  crew:4)
Fatalities: 27   (passengers:23  crew:4)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed in the sea off the Swedish coast after the pilot was told to enter a holding pattern for Copenhagen, since it was closed to inbound traffic. The aircraft was directed to land on Runway 22 but failed to make the landing. The wreckage was found a month later on the bottom of the ocean. Cause undetermined.
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