[2] Of the airline's twenty-three major accidents and incidents, four have resulted in the loss of life.
The first was the 1948 Northwood mid-air collision over London, with which 39 fatalities made it the deadliest accident in the United Kingdom at the time.
In the 1960 Flight 871 to Istanbul, the aircraft descended too early, resulting in 42 people perishing in the first accident of the Sud Aviation Caravelle.
The final and most deadly accident was Flight 686, where 114 people were killed in a runway collision in Milan in 2001.
Aircraft with registration starting with LN are registered in Norway, SE in Sweden, and OY in Denmark.