Scandinavian Airline System Flight 10

## Information

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 10 was regular scheduled a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 flight from Stockholm Arlanda, Sweden with a stopover at Gander International Airport, Canada to Los Angeles International Airport, U.S

## Aircraft

### Registration

Sierra Echo Dash Delta Foxtrot Delta (SE-DFD)

### Destination

Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport, United States

### Survivors

0

On the foggy and cold night of February 24, 1982, SAS Flight 10 crashes into the Norwegian Sea killing all onboard after having a part of the right wing and aileron split off. The pilots would desperately try and save the plane but sadly they couldn't. This was the deadliest DC-10 crash in the aircraft's history. The disaster was known and nicknamed as the **''Jan Mayen Air Disaster''** The NTSB eventually found out that on May 13th 1981, the DC-10 had an aileron failure while departing from New York City John F. Kennedy Airport. After the incident, the maintenance crew at JFK had tried to ''fix'' the issue. Then on February 1982, the aileron gave up and broke off along with a part of the wing, which caused the plane to spin and nosedive into the freezing cold Norwegian Sea, where water tempatures we're under -30**°**C or -22**°**F.

## Aircraft

The aircraft involved in the crash was a **McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30** registered SE-DFD 'Dag Viking' was delivered to Scandinavian Airlines System on November 4th, 1974.

## Occupants

### Crew Members

Flight 10 had 2 pilots and 9 flight attendants.

The captain was Ulf Hoggen Kjelfborg aged 45. He joined the airline in May 1963, by the time of the crash he had accumulated a total of 15,463 flight hours, 4,642 of which on the DC-10. He was an very experienced captain.

The first officer was Juhan Metsäkainen who turned 31 on this day. He was originally from Turku, Finland, born to a Swedish-Finnish family. He joined the airline in November 1975, by the time of the crash he had a total of 3,282 flight hours, 972 of which on the DC-10. He was a generally new pilot to the DC-10.

## Arlanda

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 10 begins boarding at 19:07 PM at Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Arlanda Airport is rather busier than usual. After they finish boarding, the pilots check the aircraft before leaving the gate. When they were done with checking, the pilots went back into the DC-10 then told Air Traffic Control to give them clearance to pushback.

**Captain Ulf Hoggen Kjelfborg: Scandinavian 10, requesting permission to start up and pushback.**

**Arlanda ATC: Scandinavian 10, roger.**

With ATC clearance, they now begin pushbacking out of the gate.

**F/O Juhan Metsäkainen: Engine 1 starting.**

**F/O Juhan Metsäkainen: Engine 2 starting.**

**F/O Juhan Metsäkainen: and Engine 3 starting.**

After pushback, they now ask the ATC to give them taxi instructions.

**Captain Ulf Hoggen Kjelfborg: Scandinavian 10, requesting taxi instructions.**

**Arlanda ATC: Scandinavian 10, Taxi to Runway 1-6 Right**

**Captain Ulf Hoggen Kjelfborg: Scandinavian 10, roger.**

Before the plane lines up, an Inex-Adria Aviopromet McDonnell Douglas DC-9-33 departs before SK10 to Zadar, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia with 102 people onboard. After the DC-9 lifts off, Flight 10 lines up on Runway 16R and departs heading for LAX.

## In-Flight and Crash

After departing Arlanda and saying good night to the ATC there, they then continue on to Los Angeles and after an hour, they reach Norwegian airspace and contact Oslo and