Date:	Tuesday 14 January 1969
Time:	20:32
Type:	BAC One-Eleven 201AC
Owner/operator:	British United Airways - BUA
Registration:	G-ASJJ
MSN:	014
Year of manufacture:	1965
Total airframe hrs:	8310 hours
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed, written off
Category:	Accident
Location:	Milano-Linate -   Italy
Phase:	Initial climb
Nature:	Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:	Milano-Linate Airport (LIN/LIML)
Destination airport:	London-Gatwick Airport (LGW/EGKK)
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
The BAC One-Eleven, G-ASJJ, started the takeoff run from runway 18 and accelerated normally until a bang was heard immediately after takeoff. A captain on the jumpseat (who was supervising the route experience of the co-pilot during the flight), commented that he thought it was the no. 1 engine and advised to close the throttle a little later. The pilot-in-command then closed the throttle and lowered the nose from 12deg to 6deg pitch. The engine was shut down and the airspeed decreased from 140 knots to 115 knots. A forced landing was eventually carried out.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The accident must be attributed to a combination of factors following a compressor bang/surge in no. 2 engine immediately after takeoff and the aircraft crashed because the crew, after fully closing no. 1 throttle in error, failed to recognise their mistake and, in addition, were not aware that the thrust of no. 2 engine had also been partially reduced after an inadvertent displacement of the relevant throttle lever."

ICAO Accident Digest Circular 118-AN/88 (5-24)
'Milan crash analyzed', Flight International 19.11.1970 (774-775)

photo (c) Claudia Bianchi; Milano-Linate; January 1969

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