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Holtaheia Accident

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Holtaheia Accident


Holtaheia Accident

The Holtaheia Accident (Norwegian: Holtaheia-ulykken) was a controlled flight into terrain accident on 9 August 1961 at Holta in Strand, Norway. The Eagle Airways (later, British Eagle) Vickers 610 Viking 3B Lord Rodney was en route from London, United Kingdom to Stavanger Airport, Sola on an AIR Tours charter flight taking a school group for a camping holiday. The aircraft was making an instrument landing when it crashed 54 km (34 mi) northeast of Stavanger. The accident killed all 39 people on board.

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