Unmonitored | Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901

Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 901, also known as SAS Flight 901, was a scheduled international flight operated by the Scandinavian Airlines System, that overrun the runway at its destination at John F. Kennedy International Airport on February 28, 1984.Show more

The flight, operated by a McDonnell Douglas DC-10, originated at Stockholm Arlanda Airport, Sweden, before a stopover at an airport in Olso, Norway.

All 177 passengers and crew members onboard survived, although 115 were injured. The cause was a runway overshoot due to the crew's failure to monitor their airspeed and overreliance on the aircraft's autothrottle.