{"id":8418460,"date":"2026-08-01T10:06:34","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:06:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/sas-flight-751-gottrora-1991\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T10:14:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T08:14:44","slug":"sas-flight-751-gottrora-1991","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/sas-flight-751-gottrora-1991\/","title":{"rendered":"Ice Killed Both Engines &mdash; Everyone Walked Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style><p>At 08:47 on the morning of 27 December 1991, a nearly new SAS MD-81 lifted off from a frozen Stockholm-Arlanda. It had sat out the night in near-freezing air with cold fuel chilling its wings, and a layer of clear ice &mdash; invisible, glass-smooth &mdash; had built up on the wing roots. Nobody found it.<\/p><p>Seconds after the wheels left the runway, that ice shattered and vanished into both tail-mounted engines. The fan blades bent, the compressors stalled, and the engines began to surge. Worse, a thrust system the crew had never been told existed kept shoving the power back up every time they tried to save them.<\/p><p>Barely a minute into the flight, the crew had an airliner full of people and no engines. They put it down in a field near Gottr&ouml;ra. And every one of the 129 people aboard walked away &mdash; the Miracle at Gottr&ouml;ra.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px 24px;margin:24px 0;border-radius:8px\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-weight:700;font-size:18px;color:#222\">Quick Facts<\/p><table style=\"width:100%;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:15px\"><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Date<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">27 December 1991<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Aircraft<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">McDonnell Douglas MD-81 (OY-KHO)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Operator<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Scandinavian Airlines (SAS)<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Cause<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Clear ice on the wings broke off at liftoff and was sucked into both tail-mounted engines<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Complication<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">A little-known automatic thrust system pushed the engines back into surge<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Failure<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">Both engines destroyed themselves within about 80 seconds of takeoff<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Landing<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">A forced landing in a field near Gottr&ouml;ra; the fuselage broke into three<\/td><\/tr><tr><td style=\"padding:6px 12px 6px 0;font-weight:600;color:#333;vertical-align:top;white-space:nowrap\">Outcome<\/td><td style=\"padding:6px 0;color:#444\">All 129 aboard survived<\/td><\/tr><\/table><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">An Icy Morning and Invisible Ice<\/h2><p>The aircraft had flown in the evening before and parked overnight in near-freezing conditions, cold fuel in its wing tanks chilling the surface until clear ice formed on the upper wing roots. The crew de-iced &mdash; but nobody performed the hands-on physical check of the upper wing, the only reliable way to catch clear ice.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=488480248  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/sas-md-81-oy-kho.jpg\" alt=\"SAS MD-81 OY-KHO\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">The accident aircraft, OY-KHO, photographed months before the crash. Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Both Engines Surge After Liftoff<\/h2><p>As the MD-81 rotated, the ice broke free and was ingested by both engines, deforming the fan blades. About twenty-five seconds into the flight the crew felt one engine surging and eased the throttle back &mdash; but the undisclosed automatic thrust system read the asymmetry and pushed the power straight back up, sustaining the surges. At roughly 76 and 78 seconds, both engines failed completely.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vg2MYUWhsOM\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">The Mayday reconstruction of Flight 751.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #1565c0;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;The accident was caused by SAS&rsquo; instructions and routines being inadequate to ensure that clear ice was removed from the wings of the aircraft before takeoff.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Swedish Accident Investigation Board<\/strong> &mdash; Official report, 1993<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">The Off-Duty Captain in Seat 2C<\/h2><p>Per Holmberg, an off-duty SAS captain riding as a passenger, recognised the trouble early, hurried to the cockpit and went to work &mdash; taking the emergency checklist, starting the auxiliary power unit, and calling out to keep the flying pilot focused. Captain Stefan Rasmussen answered the double failure by pitching the nose down, then levelling to stretch the glide as far as he could without stalling.<\/p>\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1672255750  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/08\/sas-md-81.jpg\" alt=\"Scandinavian Airlines MD-81\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">An SAS MD-81 of the same type &mdash; the engines sat at the tail, where the ice reached them. Wikimedia Commons.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">A Field, Some Trees, and Three Pieces<\/h2><p>Breaking out of the cloud at under a thousand feet, the crew committed to a field near a farm at Gottr&ouml;ra. On the way down the aircraft clipped trees and lost a large section of one wing, hit the ground tail-first, sheared off its gear, and slid to a halt as the fuselage broke into three. The cabin crew had drilled the passengers into the brace position &mdash; widely credited with the survivable outcome.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wRy2mgmuZdI\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">The double engine failure, seconds after takeoff.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #d32f2f;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7;display:flex;gap:20px;align-items:flex-start\"><div><em>&ldquo;There was a lot of ice and snow &mdash; now it&rsquo;s fine, it&rsquo;s perfect now.&rdquo;<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>De-icing ground crew<\/strong> &mdash; Cockpit voice recording (FAA Lessons Learned)<\/div><\/div><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Everyone Walks Away<\/h2><p>Twenty-five people were hurt, two seriously. None died. The investigators found the root cause was inadequate procedures for removing clear ice, made worse by a crew never trained to stop engine surging and a hidden thrust system that fought them. The crash reshaped clear-ice inspection across the industry &mdash; and turned a wintry field north of Stockholm into a byword for survival.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/a6oJUt4WWdQ\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#777;font-style:italic;text-align:center;margin-top:-12px\">The full story of the Miracle at Gottr&ouml;ra.<\/p><p style=\"font-size:14px;color:#666;font-style:italic;margin-top:20px\">Sources: Wikipedia (Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 751); Swedish Accident Investigation Board report C 1993:57; FAA Lessons Learned.<\/p>\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Related Posts<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/taca-flight-110-levee-landing-1988\/\">Both Engines Dead, He Landed on a Levee<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/air-transat-236-azores-glider-no-engines\/\">306 Souls, Two Dead Engines, One Glide<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/saab-37-viggen-highway-fighter-road-base\/\">The Saab Viggen: The Fighter Built to Fly From the Roads<\/a><\/p><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAS Flight 751 lost both engines to ice seconds after takeoff in 1991. 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