Accident description
Last updated: 19 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 14 JAN 1969 |
| Time: | 20:32 |
| Type: | BAC One-Eleven 201AC |
| Operator: | British United Airways - BUA |
| Registration: | G-ASJJ |
| C/n / msn: | 014 |
| First flight: | 1965 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 8310 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Milano-Linate (Italy) |
| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | International Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Milano-Linate Airport (LIN/LIML), Italy |
| London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK), United Kingdom |
G-ASJJ started the takeoff run from runway 18 and accelerated normally until a bang was heard immediately after takeoff. A captain on the jumpseat (who was supervising the route experience of the co-pilot during the flight), commented that he thought it was the no. 1 engine and advised to close the throttle a little later. The pilot-in-command then closed the throttle and lowered the nose from 12deg to 6deg pitch. The engine was shut down and the airspeed decreased from 140 knots to 115 knots. A forced landing was eventually carried out.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident must be attributed to a combination of factors following a compressor bang/surge in no. 2 engine immediately after takeoff and the aircraft crashed because the crew, after fully closing no. 1 throttle in error, failed to recognise their mistake and, in addition, were not aware that the thrust of no. 2 engine had also been partially reduced after an inadvertent displacement of the relevant throttle lever." Sources:
» ICAO Accident Digest Circular 118-AN/88 (5-24)
» 'Milan crash analyzed', Flight International 19.11.1970 (774-775)
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Milano-Linate Airport to London-Gatwick Airport as the crow flies is 937 km (585 miles).
Distance from Milano-Linate Airport to London-Gatwick Airport as the crow flies is 937 km (585 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
