Flugfélag Islands Flight 704, the Glossary
Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704 was an aircraft accident involving the controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) of a Fokker F27 Friendship on the island of Mykines in Faroe Islands, on 26 September 1970 at 10:56.[1]
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22 relations: Air Iceland Connect, Bergen, Bergen Airport, Flesland, Controlled flight into terrain, Faroe Islands, Fokker F27 Friendship, Iceland, Icelandair, Kringvarp Føroya, Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson, Morgunblaðið, Mykines, Faroe Islands, Mykines, Mykines, Norway, RÚV, Reykjavík, Reykjavík Airport, Scandinavian Airlines, Tíminn, Vágar, Vágar Airport, Vísir.is.
- 1970 in Iceland
- 1970 in the Faroe Islands
- Accidents and incidents involving the Fokker F27
- Aviation accidents and incidents in 1970
- Aviation accidents and incidents in the Faroe Islands
Air Iceland Connect
Air Iceland Connect, formerly Flugfélag Íslands, was a regional airline with its head office at Reykjavík Airport in Reykjavík, Iceland.
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Bergen
Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway.
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Bergen Airport, Flesland
Bergen Airport (Bergen lufthamn), alternatively Bergen Flesland Airport or simply Flesland Airport, is an international airport located at Flesland in the city and municipality of Bergen, Vestland, Norway.
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Controlled flight into terrain
In aviation, a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT; usually) is an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, fully under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle.
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Faroe Islands
The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes (Føroyar,; Færøerne), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.
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Fokker F27 Friendship
The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.
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Iceland
Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.
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Icelandair
Icelandair is the flag carrier of Iceland, with its corporate head office on the property of Reykjavík Airport in the capital city Reykjavík.
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Kringvarp Føroya
i (KVF) is the national public broadcasting company of the Faroe Islands.
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Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson
Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson (born May 29, 1964) is an Icelandic politician active in the Liberal Party (Frjálslyndi flokkurinn).
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Morgunblaðið
Morgunblaðið (The Morning Paper) is an Icelandic daily newspaper.
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Mykines, Faroe Islands
Mykines (Danish: Myggenæs) is the westernmost of the 18 main islands of the Faroese Archipelago.
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Mykines, Mykines
Mykines village (Faroese: /ˈmɪtʃiˌnɛs/; Myggenæs) is the only settlement on Mykines Island, the westernmost of the Faroe Islands.
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Norway
Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.
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RÚV
Ríkisútvarpið (RÚV) (pronounced or) is Iceland's national public-service broadcasting organization.
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Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the capital and largest city of Iceland.
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Reykjavík Airport
Reykjavík Airport (Icelandic: Reykjavíkurflugvöllur) is the main domestic airport serving Reykjavík, the capital of Iceland, located about from the city centre.
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Scandinavian Airlines
Scandinavian Airlines, stylized as SAS (an abbreviation of the company's full name, Scandinavian Airlines System or legally Scandinavian Airlines System Denmark-Norway-Sweden), is a partially Danish state-owned airline and the flag carrier of Denmark, Norway, and Sweden.
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Tíminn
Tíminn was an Icelandic daily newspaper founded in 1917.
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Vágar
Vágar (Vågø) is one of the 18 islands in the archipelago of the Faroe Islands and the most westerly of the large islands.
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Vágar Airport
Vágar Airport (Vága Floghavn) is the only airport in the Faroe Islands, and is located east of the village of Sørvágur, on the island of Vágar and 46 km (29 miles) west of the capital Tórshavn.
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Vísir.is
Vísir.is is an Icelandic online newspaper.
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See also
1970 in Iceland
- 1970 in Iceland
- Flugfélag Islands Flight 704
- Led Zeppelin Tour of Iceland, Bath and Germany, Summer 1970
1970 in the Faroe Islands
- 1970 Faroese general election
- Flugfélag Islands Flight 704
Accidents and incidents involving the Fokker F27
- 1971 Indian Airlines hijacking
- 1984 Biman Bangladesh Airlines Fokker F27 crash
- 1986 Sudan Airways Fokker F-27 shootdown
- 1987 Alianza Lima plane crash
- 2009 Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 crash
- 2012 Indonesian Air Force Fokker F27 crash
- Air New Zealand Flight 4374
- Ansett Australia Flight 232
- Flugfélag Islands Flight 704
- Laoag International Airlines Flight 585
- Myanma Airways Flight 635
- October 1987 Burma Airways Fokker F27 crash
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 404
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 544
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 631
- Pakistan International Airlines Flight 688
- Philippine Air Lines Flight 345
- Philippine Air Lines Flight 385
- Sempati Air Flight 304
- Somali Airlines Flight 40
- Trans Australia Airlines Flight 538
- Turkish Airlines Flight 835
Aviation accidents and incidents in 1970
- 1970 Atlantic Ocean Antonov An-22 crash
- 1970 Berrechid Royal Air Maroc Caravelle crash
- 1970 Dominicana de Aviación DC-9 crash
- 1970 Stockholm Spantax Convair CV-990 crash
- ALM Flight 980
- Aeroflot Flight 1661
- Aeroflot Flight 244
- Aeroflot Flight 3630
- Aeroflot Flight U-45
- Aerolíneas Argentinas Flight 707
- Air Canada Flight 621
- China Airlines Flight 206
- Cruzeiro do Sul Flight 114
- Dan-Air Flight 1903
- Dawson's Field hijackings
- Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affair
- Flugfélag Islands Flight 704
- Flying Tiger Line Flight 45
- Free Life (balloon)
- Japan Air Lines Flight 351
- LANSA Flight 502
- List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1970–1974)
- Philippine Airlines Flight 215
- Swissair Flight 330
- TAROM Flight 35
Aviation accidents and incidents in the Faroe Islands
- Flugfélag Islands Flight 704
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flugfélag_Islands_Flight_704
Also known as 1970 Mykines Fokker Friendship crash, Icelandair Flugfélag Islands Fl 704, Icelandair Flugfélag Islands Flight 704, Icelandair Flugfélag Islands Flight Fl 704.