Air disaster

1947 Héðinsfjörður air crash

29 May 1947 · 65.00° N, 19.00° W

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When
29 May 1947
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
65.00° N, 19.00° W
Description
Icelandic plane crash
Deaths
25

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1947 Héðinsfjörður plane crash

Icelandic plane crash

On 29 May 1947, a Douglas DC-3 aircraft of Flugfélag Íslands crashed on Hestfjall on the west side of Héðinsfjörður, a fjord in northern Iceland. All 25 people on board were killed. It is the deadliest air accident in Iceland.

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