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| Date: | Tuesday 25 October 1994 |
| Time: | 00:15 |
| Type: |  McDonnell Douglas MD-83 |
| Owner/operator: | Transwede |
| Registration: | SE-DHN |
| MSN: | |
| Engine model: | P&W JT8D-200 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 136 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | Porto Santo -
 Portugal
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Porto Santo Airport (PXO/LPPS) |
| Gothenburg (GOT/ESGG) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft landed from Funchal Airport and was doing a technical stop, due to the impossibility of taking off from Funchal with its fuel tanks at maximum capacity, as at the time the runway at Funchal was short to do so, therefore the aircraft had to stop at Porto Santo Airport to refuel before heading to it's final destination Gothenburg.
The aircraft aborted the takeoff from Porto Santo Airport after one wheel of the left gear locked and blew up. The damage were on the landing gear and on one of the engines (debris ingestion).
The aircraft blocked the runway for several days due to the repairs and only small aircraft's could land on the airport.
Sources:
https://arquivos.rtp.pt/conteudos/paragem-forcada-de-aviao-de-passageiros-da-transwede/
local press from the day after 26 of October 1994, Diário de Notícias da Madeira and Jornal da Madeira
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 02-May-2020 10:42 | harro | Added |
| 11-Jul-2023 09:46 | Ron Averes | Updated |
| 21-Jun-2025 08:24 | nunocaldeira | Updated [Date, Time, Registration, Total occupants, Location, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Narrative, Category, ] |
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