Milan - London

On July 2, 1983 at 12:00 AM, Milan - London experienced a crash involving Sud-Aviation SE-210 Caravelle, operated by Altair Linee Aeree, with the event recorded near Milan-Malpensa Lombardy.

The flight was categorized as charter/taxi (non scheduled revenue flight) and the reported phase was takeoff (climb) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

89 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 89 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 7, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 82, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. During the takeoff roll at Milan-Malpensa Airport runway 17R, at a speed of 75-80 knots, the right engine failed, exploded and caught fire. The captain abandoned the takeoff procedure, initiated an emergency braking maneuver and vacated runway via intersection 8 before stopping the aircraft by the fire brigade building. All 89 occupants evacuated safely while the aircraft was considered as damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration F-BHRS, MSN 54, year of manufacture 1960.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 45.6296°, 8.7235°.