Sas Md 80. He had logged approximately 230 hours in the md 87. Approximately a month ago scandinavian airlines system the last major mcdonnell douglas md 80 operator in europe phased out their three remaining aircrafts.
It was first delivered to launch customer swissair on september 13. The captain was hired by sas in 1990 and had more than 5 800 hours of flight time. Copenhagen to dusseldorf before long haul flight to miami.
Stockholm arlanda to skelleftea to stockholm arlanda introduction the md 80 figures prominently in my childhood memories of lazy summer vacations spent at the beach in malta sitting in the shade digging my toes into the backing sand and gazing out across the azure shades of the mediterranean sea.
Scandinavian airlines flight 751 was a regularly scheduled scandinavian airlines passenger flight from stockholm sweden to warsaw poland via copenhagen denmark on 27 december 1991 a mcdonnell douglas md 81 operating the flight registration oy kho piloted by danish captain stefan g. The mcdonnell douglas md 80 is a series of single aisle airliners developed by mcdonnell douglas from the earlier dc 9 stretched heavier and with higher bypass pratt whitney jt8d 200 engines the dc 9 series 80 was launched in october 1977 it made its first flight on october 18 1979 and was certified on august 25 1980. Sas economy class md 80. He had logged approximately 230 hours in the md 87.
