Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704

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Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704
Accident
A Fokker F-27, similar to the one involved in the accident
Date	26 September 1970 (1970-09-26)
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Mykines, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Fokker F27 Friendship
Operator	Flugfélag Íslands
IATA flight No.	NY704
ICAO flight No.	FXI704
Call sign	FAXI 704
Registration	TF-FIL
Flight origin	Reykjavík Airport, Iceland
1st stopover	Bergen, Norway
Destination	Vágar Airport, Faroe Islands, Denmark
Occupants	34
Passengers	30
Crew	4
Fatalities	8
Survivors	26

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. The Flugfélag Íslands aircraft was on its way to Vágar Airport, making a pass over Mykines before crashing into the highest peak of the island. Of the 34 passenger and crew on board, 8 died in the crash. The captain and 7 passengers, all seated on the left side of the plane, were killed. 26 passengers and crew survived, some with serious injuries. Three passengers hiked for an hour to reach Mykines village to alert the authorities. Most of the villagers went up the mountain to aid the survivors before the arrival of the Danish patrol vessel F348 Hvidbjørnen [da].

Aircraft

The aircraft was a Fokker F27 Friendship, registered TF-FIL and jointly owned by Flugfélag Íslands and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). It was operated by Flugfélag Íslands under the Icelandair brand.

Accident

The Fokker F-27 TF-FIL, listed as flight FI 704, was originally scheduled to fly from Reykjavík, Iceland, to Vágar, Faroe Islands, on 23 September 1970 but due to fog in Vágar the flight was delayed and again the day after. On 25 September TF-FIL left Reykjavík with an estimated arrival over the "MY" radio beacon near Vágar of 15:52. Due to fog at Vágar, TF-FIL was unable to land and continued on to Bergen Airport in Norway and landed there at 18:22. The following day weather had improved and Flight 704 left Bergen at 08:22 in the morning. The plane arrived over Mykines at about 10:20 but due to foggy conditions, it went into a holding pattern. At 10:52 TF-FIL acknowledged that they would now turn around to the MY beacon and initiate a landing procedure. At about 10:55 TF-FIL reported that it was inbound over MY and descending. About one minute later, the aircraft impacted on the slopes of the highest point of Mykines.

Cause

The cause of the accident was that Flight 704 began the descent through cloud procedure from a starting point other than over "MY" NDB. During this procedure the aircraft hit close to the highest point of Mykines at an altitude of about 1500 ft. The reason for starting the procedure from a position other than "MY", was probably an interference caused by Flight 704's weather radar, which caused the ADF to give the crew an erroneous indication that they were passing "MY" NDB.

Media

Flogvanlukkan í Mykinesi – a two-part Faroese documentary about the crash by Dagmar Joensen-Næs.
Martröð í Mykinesi - a book about the crash by Magnús Þór Hafsteinsson and Grækaris Djurhuus Magnussen

62°06′18″N 7°35′21″W / 62.105070°N 7.589285°W / 62.105070; -7.589285

References

^ Kristján Már Unnarsson (26 September 2020). "50 ár frá flugslysinu á Mykinesi í Færeyjum" [50 years since the plane crash on Mykines in the Faroe Islands]. Vísir.is (in Icelandic). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
Joensen-Næs, Dagmar (25 September 2020). "50 ár síðan vanlukkuna í Mykinesi" [50 years since the failure in Mykines]. KVF (in Faroese). Retrieved 26 September 2020.
^ "Sex Íslendingar meðal 34 um borð" [Six Icelanders among the 34 on board]. Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 27 September 1970. p. 1. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
"Átta létust í flugslysinu í Færeyjum" [Eight died in the plane crash in the Faroe Islands]. Tíminn (in Icelandic). 29 September 1970. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
"Flugslysið í Færeyjum" [The plane crash in the Faroe Islands] (in Icelandic). RÚV. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
Eysturland, Kinga (31 December 2020). "1970: katastrofa na Mykines" [1970: disaster in Mycenae]. wyspy-owcze.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 1 March 2021.
"Martröð í Mykinesi". forlagid.is (in Icelandic). Forlagið. 25 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2024.
"Björgunarafrek eftir brotlendingu". Morgunblaðið (in Icelandic). 14 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2024.

External links

Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Fokker F-27 Friendship 300 TF-FIL Myggenaes Island, Faroe Islands". aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 27 September 2020.

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in 1970 (1970)
Jan 5 Spantax Convair crashJan 28 Batagay An-24 crashJan 29 Aeroflot Flight 145Feb 2 Cornfield Bomber crash landingFeb 4 Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 707Feb 4 TAROM Flight 35Feb 6 Aeroflot Flight U-45Feb 15 Dominicana DC-9 disasterFeb 21 Swissair Flight 330Mar 14 Paraense Transportes Aéreos Flight 903Mar 17 Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320Mar 31 Japan Airlines Flight 351Apr 1 Aeroflot Flight 1661Apr 1 Berrechid crashApr 21 Philippine Airlines Flight 215May 2 ALM Flight 980May 15 Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affairJul 3 Dan-Air Flight 1903Jul 5 Air Canada Flight 621Jul 18 Soviet Air Force Antonov An-22Jul 22 Olympic Airways Flight 255 hijackingJul 27 Flying Tiger Line Flight 45Aug 9 LANSA Flight 502Aug 12 China Airlines Flight 206Sep 2 Aeroflot Flight 3630Sep 6 Dawson's Field hijackingsSep 8 Trans International Airlines Flight 863Sep 26 Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704Oct 2 Wichita State Univ football teamOct 15 Aeroflot Flight 244Nov 14 Southern Airways Flight 932Nov 27 Capitol International Airways Flight C2C3/26
1969 ◄ ► 1971

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1970 (1970)

Jan 5 Spantax Convair crashJan 28 Batagay An-24 crashJan 29 Aeroflot Flight 145Feb 2 Cornfield Bomber crash landingFeb 4 Aerolineas Argentinas Flight 707Feb 4 TAROM Flight 35Feb 6 Aeroflot Flight U-45Feb 15 Dominicana DC-9 disasterFeb 21 Swissair Flight 330Mar 14 Paraense Transportes Aéreos Flight 903Mar 17 Eastern Air Lines Shuttle Flight 1320Mar 31 Japan Airlines Flight 351Apr 1 Aeroflot Flight 1661Apr 1 Berrechid crashApr 21 Philippine Airlines Flight 215May 2 ALM Flight 980May 15 Dymshits–Kuznetsov hijacking affairJul 3 Dan-Air Flight 1903Jul 5 Air Canada Flight 621Jul 18 Soviet Air Force Antonov An-22Jul 22 Olympic Airways Flight 255 hijackingJul 27 Flying Tiger Line Flight 45Aug 9 LANSA Flight 502Aug 12 China Airlines Flight 206Sep 2 Aeroflot Flight 3630Sep 6 Dawson's Field hijackingsSep 8 Trans International Airlines Flight 863Sep 26 Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704Oct 2 Wichita State Univ football teamOct 15 Aeroflot Flight 244Nov 14 Southern Airways Flight 932Nov 27 Capitol International Airways Flight C2C3/26

1969 ◄ ► 1971

v t e Aviation accidents and incidents in Metropolitan Denmark, the Faroe Islands, and Greenland
1940s	Glacier Girl (July 1942) Ålvand RAF Lancaster crash (August 1944) KLM Douglas DC-3 Copenhagen disaster (January 1947) Kee Bird (February 1947)
1960s	Danish football air crash (July 1960) Godthab (Nuuk) Catalina crash (May 1962) Thule Air Base B-52 crash (January 1968)
1970s	Flugfélag Íslands Flight 704 (September 1970**) Malév Flight 731 (August 1971)
Since 1980	Partnair Flight 394 (September 1989) Bombardier Dash 8 landing gear incidents (September 2007)
"" occurred in Greenland; "*" occurred in the Faroe Islands

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