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Værøy Air Crash Memorial

Værøy Air Crash Memorial

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    1. Værøy Air Crash Memorial – View of Måstad loop from Sørland

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    August 5, 2023

    The five victims of the April 12, 1990 plane crash are commemorated here.

    Widerøe Flight 839, also known as the Værøy accident (Norwegian: Værøy-ulykken), was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter that crashed shortly after takeoff from Værøy Airport, Norway. The incident occurred at 2:44 p.m. on April 12, 1990, killing all five people on board. The cause of the accident was strong winds that exceeded the structure's tolerance and caused the tail rudder and horizontal stabilizer to break, rendering the aircraft uncontrollable. The impact occurred 63 seconds after launch and 8 seconds after the rupture. The plane crashed into the water and a search was carried out for several days to find the wreckage.

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