- ACCIDENT DETAILS
Date: September 26, 1970
Time: 1056
Location: Near Vagar, Faeroe Islands, Denmark
Operator: Icelandair
Flight #: ?
Route: Reykjavik - Vágar
AC Type: Fokker F-27 Friendship 300
Registration: TF-FIL
cn / ln: 10356
Aboard: 34   (passengers:30  crew:4)
Fatalities: 8   (passengers:7  crew:1)
Ground: 0
Summary: Crashed into the slope of Mt Knuku mountains on Mueggenaes Island at an altitude of 1,500 ft., 2 miles off course, while descending, after holding for 20 minutes.
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