On January 11, 1999, approximately 1545 local, a Air Scandinavia DC-9-41, Flight AS614, registration NSEDAC was departing Stockholm ARN Airport, runway 26. At about 3 miles out and 6000ft, the crew was notified by a flight attendent about heavy smoke in the aft gallery. The crew made an immediate descent and landing back at Stockholm, runway 26. Upon landing, smoke was still billowing and the airport fire department was called out to the aircraft. The aircraft sustained only minor smoke damage.
During the evacuation, the slides on the right were unusable due to high winds from the north. Two passengers sustained minor injuries during the evacuation and were taken to a local hospital, treated, and released the same day. The scheduled 129 flight, which originated from Stockhom on-time to Geneva, Switzerland. was being operated in visual meteorological conditions at the time of the accident. An IFR flight plan had been filed for the flight
In a post-accident investigation, the source of the fire came from a short circuit in the warming oven located in the aft gallery.