The aircraft involved in the crash, seen at Tromsø Airport in July 2014.
Accident
Date
8 January 2016 (2016-01-08)
Summary
Instrument failure leading to spatial disorientation and pilot error, loss of control
Site
Near Akkajaure, Sweden 67°43′N16°54′E / 67.717°N 16.900°E / 67.717; 16.900
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Bombardier CRJ200
Operator
West Air Sweden
IATA flight No.
PT294
ICAO flight No.
SWN294
Call sign
AIR SWEDEN 294
Registration
SE-DUX
Flight origin
Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Oslo, Norway
Destination
Tromsø Airport, Tromsø, Norway
Occupants
2
Passengers
0
Crew
2
Fatalities
2
Survivors
0
West Air Sweden Flight 294 was a cargo flight of a Canadair CRJ200 from Oslo to Tromsø, Norway that crashed on 8 January 2016. A malfunction in one of the inertial reference units had produced erroneous attitude indications on one of the instrument displays. The crew's subsequent response resulted in spatial disorientation, leading to the loss of control of the aircraft. Both crew members on board were killed.[1][2][3]
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^"Swedish firm 'sorrow' over Nordic plane crash". Thelocal.no. 8 January 2016.
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