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Dan-Air Flight 0034
Dan-Air Flight 0034 in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
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Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2 h
About
Dan-Air Flight 0034 is a place of interest in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
Dan-Air Flight 0034 was a fatal accident involving a Hawker Siddeley HS 748 series 1 turboprop aircraft operated by Dan-Air Services Limited on an oil industry charter flight from Sumburgh Airport, Shetland Islands, to Aberdeen Airport. The crash, which occurred on 31 July 1979 50 m (160 ft) offshore following the aircraft's failure to take off, resulted in the aircraft's destruction and 17 deaths of 47 on board (15 of 44 passengers and both pilots).
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Background
Description
The aircraft, operated by Dan-Air Services Ltd, was a Hawker Siddeley HS 748-105 Series 1 with aircraft registration G-BEKF, that had its first flight in 1962. It was one of seven Hawker Siddeley HS 748 series 1 aircraft Dan-Air acquired from YPF for oil industry support work in the North Sea in 1977. At the time of the accident, it had flown 29,007 hours.
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- Coordinates
- 59.8820, -1.2848
- District
- Shetland Islands
- Postcode
- ZE3 9JP
- Parliamentary constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Sources
- wikidata: Q5213020 (CC0)
- wikipedia: Dan-Air Flight 0034 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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📷 3Frequently asked questions
- Where is Dan-Air Flight 0034?
- Dan-Air Flight 0034 is in the Scottish Islands, United Kingdom (postcode ZE3 9JP).
- What is Dan-Air Flight 0034?
- Dan-Air Flight 0034 in Orkney + Shetland, United Kingdom.
- How do I get to Dan-Air Flight 0034?
- Drivers can use postcode ZE3 9JP.
- Who owns Dan-Air Flight 0034?
- Dan-Air Flight 0034 is owned by Dan-Air Services Ltd.
- How do I get to Dan-Air Flight 0034?
- Drivers can navigate to postcode ZE3 9JP. It sits within the Orkney and Shetland parliamentary constituency.