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| site = [[Ljósufjöll]], Iceland |
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The '''1986 Ljósufjöll air crash''' was a plane crash that happened on 5 April 1986 at 13:26 when a [[Piper PA-23-250 Aztec C|Piper PA-23-250 Aztec]] plane from [[Flugfélagið Ernir]], TF-ORM, crashed in [[Ljósufjöll]] in [[Snæfellsnes]], [[Iceland]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Tveir lifðu af - fimm fórust í flugslysinu | |
The '''1986 Ljósufjöll air crash''' was a plane crash that happened on 5 April 1986 at 13:26 when a [[Piper PA-23-250 Aztec C|Piper PA-23-250 Aztec]] plane from [[Eagle Air (Iceland)|Flugfélagið Ernir]], TF-ORM, crashed in [[Ljósufjöll]] in [[Snæfellsnes]], [[Iceland]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 April 1986 |title=Tveir lifðu af - fimm fórust í flugslysinu |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Two survived - five died in the plane crash |pages=1, 4, 5, 48 |work=[[Dagblaðið Vísir]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/2514336 |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 1986 |title=Tveir komust lífs af |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Two survived |page=1 |work=[[Tíminn]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/4032901#page/n0/mode/2up |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="bb-2011">{{cite news |author1=Breidfjord |first=Huldar |date=1 December 2011 |title=Flugslysið í Ljósufjöllum |language=Icelandic |trans-title=The plane crash in Ljjufjöllur |page=14 |work=Bæjarins Besta |url=https://timarit.is/page/6237445 |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> The aircraft was on a charter flight from [[Ísafjörður]] to [[Reykjavík]] and carried six passengers, including a couple with an 11-month-old child, and a pilot. It was believed that the plane landed in a [[downdraft]] and crashed into the slopes of Ljósufjöll, south of Sóleyjardalur.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Ólafsdóttir |first=Halla |date=8 April 2020 |title=Ljósufjöll |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Light mountains |work=[[RÚV]] |url=https://www.ruv.is/utvarp/spila/ljosufjoll/29857/8snk8j |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> It remains one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Iceland's history<ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 1986 |title=Sjöunda mesta slys íslenskrar flugsögu |language=Icelandic |trans-title=The seventh worst accident in Icelandic aviation history |page=2 |work=[[Dagblaðið Vísir]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/2514385 |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Ingólfsson |first=Arnar Thor |date=12 June 2019 |title=Fyrsta banaslysið í flugi frá 2015 |language=Icelandic |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |url=https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2019/06/12/fyrsta_banaslysid_i_flugi_fra_2015/ |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> and resulted in changes to aviation regulations and procedures to increase the flow of up-to-date weather information to pilots.<ref name="mbl-1987-02-17"/> |
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The wreckage of the plane was found on the northern slopes of Ljósufjöll, at an altitude of 700 |
The wreckage of the plane was found on the northern slopes of Ljósufjöll, at an altitude of {{convert|700|m}}, just before midnight the same day. Men from the Air Rescue Squad in Reykjavík were the first to arrive at the scene of the accident and there were three passengers alive in the wreckage, but one passenger died in a snowmobile on the way down the mountain.<ref>{{cite news |date=8 April 1986 |title=Flugvélin nötraði og kastaðist til í loftinu |language=Icelandic |trans-title=The plane shook and tossed in the air |pages=1, 22, 23, 52-56 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/1630819 |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Einarsson |first=Guðni |date=7 March 1993 |title=Af hverju ég? |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Why me? |pages=18-19 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/1781428 |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> |
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==Investigation== |
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===Final Report=== |
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| ⚫ | An investigation by the Air Accident Committee and the Civil Aviation Administration concluded that the plane likely landed in a [[downdraft]] resulting in it crashing into the slopes of Ljósufjöll. It also concluded that a large part of the cause was due to the pilots lack of access to current weather information in the area.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Pétursson |first=Jón Birgir |date=19 February 1987 |title=Veðurstofan ein hafði réttu upplýsingarnar um hvernig veðrið í rauninni var |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Veðurstofan ein hafði réttu upplýsingarnar um hvernig veðrið í rauninni var |page=7 |work=Vestfirska Fréttablaðið |url=https://timarit.is/page/6545563 |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> |
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===Recommendations=== |
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The accident and investigation resulted in changes on aviation regulations and procedures to increase the flow of up-to-date weather information between pilots and the Icelandic Meteorological Office. It also led to an overhaul of how air operators' logbooks, brochures and other educational material published by the Civil Aviation Administration are used in pilot training and retraining, e.g. in pilots aptitude test.<ref name="mbl-1987-02-17">{{cite news |date=17 February 1987 |title=1,5 millj. til að auka upplýsingar milli Veðurstofu og flugmanna |language=Icelandic |trans-title=1.5 million to increase information between the Norwegian Meteorological Agency and pilots |page=4 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/1649910 |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> |
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==Aftermath== |
==Aftermath== |
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Three days after the crash, a survivor who lost his wife and child in the crash, told his story in an interview with [[Morgunblaðið]].<ref name="interview">{{cite news |title=Þrýsti barninu að mér og reyndi að verja konuna |url=https://timarit.is/page/1630883 |access-date=19 June 2021 |
Three days after the crash, a survivor who lost his wife and child in the crash, told his story in an interview with [[Morgunblaðið]].<ref name="interview">{{cite news |date=9 April 1986 |title=Þrýsti barninu að mér og reyndi að verja konuna |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Pushed the baby to me and tried to protect the woman |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/1630883 |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> The interview caused a considerable backlash towards the newspaper and doctors at [[Borgarspítalinn]].{{Why|reason=This section doesn't clearly explain why the newspaper and the doctors received backlash for the interview|date=February 2024}}<ref>{{cite news |date=24 April 1986 |title=Trúin og bænin hafa veitt mér hugarró og hjálp |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Faith and prayer have given me peace of mind and help |pages=40-41 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/1631858 |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author1=Magnúsdóttir |first=Thorbjörg |title=Blaðamenn eiga ekki erindi við slasaða |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Journalists have no business with the injured |page=4 |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |url=https://timarit.is/page/1631758 |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | The aftermath of the accident also caused a controversy in Iceland due to the governments regulations regarding passenger compensations for plane accidents which was 47-times lower than passengers in an automobile accident could receive.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 June 1987 |title=Löggjafinn viðheldur smánarbótum |language=Icelandic |trans-title=The legislature maintains contempt compensation |pages=1, 7-9 |work=The weekend post |url=https://timarit.is/page/986867 |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> |
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| ⚫ | An investigation by the Air Accident Committee and the Civil Aviation Administration concluded that the plane likely landed in a [[downdraft]] resulting in it crashing into the slopes of Ljósufjöll. It also concluded that a large part of the cause was due to the pilots lack of access to current weather information in the area.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Jón Birgir |
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| ⚫ | The aftermath of the accident also caused a controversy in Iceland due to the governments regulations regarding passenger compensations for plane accidents which was 47-times lower than passengers in an automobile accident could receive.<ref>{{cite news |title=Löggjafinn viðheldur smánarbótum |url=https://timarit.is/page/986867 |access-date=11 February 2022 |
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==In popular culture== |
==In popular culture== |
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In 2020, [[RÚV]] featured the accident in a three-part radio series.<ref>{{cite web |author1= |
In 2020, [[RÚV]] featured the accident in a three-part radio series.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Ólafsdóttir |first=Halla |title=Ljósufjöll |trans-title=Light mountains |url=https://www.ruv.is/utvarp/spila/ljosufjoll/29857/8snk8h |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627223712/https://www.ruv.is/utvarp/spila/ljosufjoll/29857/8snk8j |archive-date=27 June 2021 |access-date=11 February 2022 |publisher=[[RÚV]]}}</ref> |
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In 2011, the accident was featured in the book ''Útkall - Ofviðri í Ljósufjöllum'', part of the ''Útkall'' book series by Óttar Sveinsson.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Helgi |
In 2011, the accident was featured in the book ''Útkall - Ofviðri í Ljósufjöllum'', part of the ''Útkall'' book series by [[Óttar Sveinsson]].<ref>{{cite news |author1=Bjarnason |first=Helgi |date=16 December 2011 |title=Ómannlegar raunir í Ljósufjöllum |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Inhuman trials in Ljõsufjöll |work=[[Morgunblaðið]] |url=https://www.mbl.is/greinasafn/grein/1403919/ |access-date=11 February 2022}}</ref> In 2022, the story from the book was featured in the sixth episode of the [[docuseries]] ''Útkall'' on the television channel [[Hringbraut (TV station)|Hringbraut]].<ref>{{cite news |date=2022 |title=6 þáttur: Ofviðri í Ljósufjöllum |language=Icelandic |trans-title=Episode 6: Torrential storm in Ljõsufjöll |work=[[Hringbraut (TV station)|Hringbraut]] |publisher=[[Fréttablaðið]] |url=https://hringbraut.frettabladid.is/sjonvarp/utkall/6-thattur-ofvidri-i-ljosufjollum/ |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |date=12 April 2022 |title=„Mér fannst eins og hann væri lifandi" - Flugslysið í Ljósufjöllum |language=Icelandic |trans-title="I felt like he was alive" - The plane crash in Ljõsufjöllur |work=[[Fréttablaðið]] |url=https://www.frettabladid.is/lifid/mer-fannst-eins-og-hann-vaeri-lifandi-utkall-i-kvold-um-flugslysid-i-ljosufjollum/ |access-date=4 February 2023}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Latest revision as of 08:27, 18 February 2024
 A Piper PA-23-250 Aztec, similar to the one that crashed. | |
| Accident | |
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| Date | 5 April 1986 |
| Summary | Downdraft during landing |
| Site | Ljósufjöll, Iceland 64°55′37″N 22°34′12″W / 64.927°N 22.570°W |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Piper PA-23-250 Aztec |
| Registration | TF-ORM |
| Flight origin | Ísafjörður Airport, Iceland |
| Destination | Reykjavík Airport, Iceland |
| Passengers | 6 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Fatalities | 5 |
| Injuries | 2 |
The 1986 Ljósufjöll air crash was a plane crash that happened on 5 April 1986 at 13:26 when a Piper PA-23-250 Aztec plane from Flugfélagið Ernir, TF-ORM, crashed in Ljósufjöll in Snæfellsnes, Iceland.[1][2][3] The aircraft was on a charter flight from Ísafjörður to Reykjavík and carried six passengers, including a couple with an 11-month-old child, and a pilot. It was believed that the plane landed in a downdraft and crashed into the slopes of Ljósufjöll, south of Sóleyjardalur.[4] It remains one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Iceland's history[5][6] and resulted in changes to aviation regulations and procedures to increase the flow of up-to-date weather information to pilots.[7]
The wreckage of the plane was found on the northern slopes of Ljósufjöll, at an altitude of 700 metres (2,300 ft), just before midnight the same day. Men from the Air Rescue Squad in Reykjavík were the first to arrive at the scene of the accident and there were three passengers alive in the wreckage, but one passenger died in a snowmobile on the way down the mountain.[8][9]
Investigation[edit]
Final Report[edit]
An investigation by the Air Accident Committee and the Civil Aviation Administration concluded that the plane likely landed in a downdraft resulting in it crashing into the slopes of Ljósufjöll. It also concluded that a large part of the cause was due to the pilots lack of access to current weather information in the area.[10]
Recommendations[edit]
The accident and investigation resulted in changes on aviation regulations and procedures to increase the flow of up-to-date weather information between pilots and the Icelandic Meteorological Office. It also led to an overhaul of how air operators' logbooks, brochures and other educational material published by the Civil Aviation Administration are used in pilot training and retraining, e.g. in pilots aptitude test.[7]
Aftermath[edit]
Three days after the crash, a survivor who lost his wife and child in the crash, told his story in an interview with Morgunblaðið.[11] The interview caused a considerable backlash towards the newspaper and doctors at Borgarspítalinn.[why?][12][13]
The aftermath of the accident also caused a controversy in Iceland due to the governments regulations regarding passenger compensations for plane accidents which was 47-times lower than passengers in an automobile accident could receive.[14]
In popular culture[edit]
In 2020, RÚV featured the accident in a three-part radio series.[15]
In 2011, the accident was featured in the book Útkall - Ofviðri í Ljósufjöllum, part of the Útkall book series by Óttar Sveinsson.[16] In 2022, the story from the book was featured in the sixth episode of the docuseries Útkall on the television channel Hringbraut.[17][18]
References[edit]
- ^ "Tveir lifðu af - fimm fórust í flugslysinu" [Two survived - five died in the plane crash]. Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 7 April 1986. pp. 1, 4, 5, 48. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Tveir komust lífs af" [Two survived]. Tíminn (in Icelandic). 8 April 1986. p. 1. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Breidfjord, Huldar (1 December 2011). "Flugslysið í Ljósufjöllum" [The plane crash in Ljjufjöllur]. Bæjarins Besta (in Icelandic). p. 14. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Ólafsdóttir, Halla (8 April 2020). "Ljósufjöll" [Light mountains]. RÚV (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Sjöunda mesta slys íslenskrar flugsögu" [The seventh worst accident in Icelandic aviation history]. Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 8 April 1986. p. 2. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Ingólfsson, Arnar Thor (12 June 2019). "Fyrsta banaslysið í flugi frá 2015". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ a b "1,5 millj. til að auka upplýsingar milli Veðurstofu og flugmanna" [1.5 million to increase information between the Norwegian Meteorological Agency and pilots]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 17 February 1987. p. 4. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Flugvélin nötraði og kastaðist til í loftinu" [The plane shook and tossed in the air]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 8 April 1986. pp. 1, 22, 23, 52–56. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Einarsson, Guðni (7 March 1993). "Af hverju ég?" [Why me?]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). pp. 18–19. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Pétursson, Jón Birgir (19 February 1987). "Veðurstofan ein hafði réttu upplýsingarnar um hvernig veðrið í rauninni var" [Veðurstofan ein hafði réttu upplýsingarnar um hvernig veðrið í rauninni var]. Vestfirska Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). p. 7. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "Þrýsti barninu að mér og reyndi að verja konuna" [Pushed the baby to me and tried to protect the woman]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 9 April 1986. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Trúin og bænin hafa veitt mér hugarró og hjálp" [Faith and prayer have given me peace of mind and help]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 24 April 1986. pp. 40–41. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Magnúsdóttir, Thorbjörg. "Blaðamenn eiga ekki erindi við slasaða" [Journalists have no business with the injured]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). p. 4. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ "Löggjafinn viðheldur smánarbótum" [The legislature maintains contempt compensation]. The weekend post (in Icelandic). 17 June 1987. pp. 1, 7–9. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Ólafsdóttir, Halla. "Ljósufjöll" [Light mountains]. RÚV. Archived from the original on 27 June 2021. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ Bjarnason, Helgi (16 December 2011). "Ómannlegar raunir í Ljósufjöllum" [Inhuman trials in Ljõsufjöll]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). Retrieved 11 February 2022.
- ^ "6 þáttur: Ofviðri í Ljósufjöllum" [Episode 6: Torrential storm in Ljõsufjöll]. Hringbraut (in Icelandic). Fréttablaðið. 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.
- ^ "„Mér fannst eins og hann væri lifandi" - Flugslysið í Ljósufjöllum" ["I felt like he was alive" - The plane crash in Ljõsufjöllur]. Fréttablaðið (in Icelandic). 12 April 2022. Retrieved 4 February 2023.