Boeing 747-200 crash, Dec 22, 1999 (4 killed), Stansted
Boeing 747-200 accident on December 22, 1999 near Stansted, Essex, United Kingdom with 4 fatalities. Cause: Pilots did not respond correctly to the...
- Date: December 22, 1999
- Aircraft: Boeing 747-200
- Location: Stansted, Essex, United Kingdom
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
- Cause: Pilots did not respond correctly to the attitude indicator warnings and the commander maintained a left roll input, while misdirected maintenance on the faulty attitude indicator contributed. The AAIB report lists these causal factors.
A Korean Air Cargo Boeing 747-200 with a defective attitude indicator departed Stansted on a cargo flight to Milan. The crew did not respond correctly to repeated comparator warnings during the climb, and the aircraft rolled to about 90 degrees left bank and descended steeply into the ground. All four crew were killed.