1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes

Two aircraft accidents in Iceland Accident 1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes 18 December 1979 Air crashes Mosfellsheiði, Iceland 11 Cessna 172 C-GDQG.jpg A Cessna 172M, similar to the one that crashed. Cessna 172 TF-EKK Reykjavík Airport, Iceland 3 1 4 HH-3E at Kirtland AFB 1980.JPEG Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant, similar to the one that crashed. Sikorsky HH-3E 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron (67th ARRS), United States Air Force (USAF) Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland Reykjavík, Iceland 5 5 10 The 1979 Mosfellsheiði air crashes were two aviation accidents in Iceland that occurred about four hours apart on 18 December 1979 on a heath between Reykjavík and Þingvellir.Auður Ösp Guðmundsdóttir Lifðu af tvö flugslys sama daginn á Mosfellsheiði https://www.visir.is/g/20252691782d/lifdu-af-tvo-flug-slys-sama-daginn-a-mosfellsheidi 23 February 2025 Vísir.is 23 February 2025 IcelandicKraftaverk að neistaeldurinn skyldi slokkna http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=3090525 6 September 2020 Dagblaðið 19 December 1979 1 Icelandic The first accident occurred when a Cessna F172M Skyhawk aircraft, with four on board, crashed into the heath. The second accident occurred when a Sikorsky HH-3E Jolly Green Giant rescue helicopter of the 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron, United States Air Force (USAF), from the Iceland Defense Force at Naval Air Station Keflavik, crashed with three of the injured from the previous accident, two Icelandic doctors and a five-man U.S. crew shortly after takeoff from the first crash site.Sérfræðingar komnir til að rannsaka þyrluslysið http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1521500 6 September 2020 Morgunblaðið 22 December 1979 2 IcelandicEllefu á sjúkrahús eftir tvö flugslys http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?issId=117691 6 September 2020 Morgunblaðið 19 December 1979 1, 2 Icelandic The accidents On 18 December 1979, a Cessna 172 aircraft, with registration number TF-EKK, took off from Reykjavík Airport with a French pilot, a New Zealander and two Finnish girls who worked as physiotherapists in Reykjalundur, on a sight-seeing tour around Gullfoss and Þingvellir. On its way back it crashed in heavy fog on the Mosfellsheiði heath.Kristín Sigurðardóttir Lenti í 2 flugslysum sama daginn á Mosfellsheiði https://www.ruv.is/frett/lenti-i-2-flugslysum-sama-daginn-a-mosfellsheidi 6 September 2020 RÚV 7 November 2019 Icelandic At around 15:20, the plane was reported missing and a signal from its emergency transmitter was detected. Shortly afterwards, a search plane discovered the wreckage on the heath, a short distance south of Þingvallarvegur, where it had broken up and turned upside down. A helicopter from the Defense Force at Keflavík Airport that happened to be on a training mission nearby went to the scene and transported the New Zealander to Reykjavík, while leaving two crew members to attend to the other occupants, whose injuries were more severe, and wait for the Icelandic SAR teams, who arrived shortly later. After taking two doctors from Borgarspítalinn, fueling and offloading two of its crewmembers, the helicopter returned to the scene of the accident to pick up the Finns and the French pilot. Shortly after the helicopter took off again from the scene of the accident, it lost power and crashed to the ground several hundred meters from the wreckage of the Cessna. Rescuers, including photographer Ragnar Axelsson,Ég var sannfærður um að þyrlan spryngi https://timarit.is/page/1521354 6 September 2020 Morgunblaðið 19 December 1979 32 IcelandicJúlía Margrét Einarsdóttir Sigurlaug M. Jónasdóttir Þetta eru myndir sem ég sýni engum https://www.ruv.is/frett/2020/04/03/thetta-eru-myndir-sem-eg-syni-engum 6 September 2020 RÚV 3 April 2020 Icelandic rushed to the second crash site and were confronted with the mangled remains of the helicopter and kerosene fumes filling the air. A 19-year-old SAR member, Hallgrímur Skúli Karlsson, who was one of the first at the scene, managed to prevent a fire in the wreckage by cutting the main power of the helicopter.Snarræði björgunarmanna fólkinu til lífs https://timarit.is/page/3410866 6 September 2020 Vísir 19 December 1979 1 IcelandicÞórunn Kristjánsdóttir Lifði af tvö flugslys sama daginn https://www.mbl.is/frettir/innlent/2019/11/07/vid_hittumst_aftur_elskan/ 6 September 2020 Morgunblaðið 7 November 2019 Icelandic After the second accident, the injured were transported about 1-1.5 km to ambulances that took them to Borgarspítali.Allt tiltækt lið kallað út á sjúkrahúsin http://timarit.is/view_page_init.jsp?pageId=1521334 6 September 2020 Morgunblaðið 19 December 1979 12 Icelandic Aftermath In the aftermath of the accidents, the lack of equipment of the SAR units was criticised, especially its lack of two-way radios, which was largely a result of the Icelandic government's tariffs that doubled their prices.Jónas Kristjánsson Átta og hálfur tími https://timarit.is/page/3090722 6 September 2020 Dagblaðið 28 December 1979 10 Icelandic In media The accidents were featured in the TV series Útkall in 2025.Auður Ösp Guðmundsdóttir Lifðu af tvö flugslys sama daginn á Mosfellsheiði https://www.visir.is/g/20252691782d/lifdu-af-tvo-flug-slys-sama-daginn-a-mosfellsheidi 12 April 2025 Vísir.is 23 February 2025 Icelandic References Further reading Útkall - Tifandi tímasprengja, 2019. is: Book by Óttar Sveinsson about the accidents. Category:1979 in Iceland Icelandic Category:Aviation accidents and incidents in Iceland Category:Aviation accidents and incidents involving helicopters