Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 on 29 August 2001, is a crash that landed next to the N-340 highway, some 200 meters short of runway 32 at Ruiz Picasso International Airport at Málaga, Spain.

The captain reported a fire in the aircraft's port engine to Málaga Air Traffic Control while on final approach.

[3] Binter Mediterráneo Flight 8261 took off at the Melilla Airport at 09:37 CEST on 29 August 2001,[1]: 1  with 47 people on board (44 passengers and 3 crew).

[1]: 4  The pilot did not communicate any information about the emergency in progress to the cabin crew, and consequently passengers were not instructed to assume the brace position prior to impact.

[1]: 125 The investigation also considered that incomplete adherence to relevant maintenance procedures was the most likely reason for the false fire alarm.