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Date: 03/11/1982
Location: Mehamn, Norway
Airline: Wideroe's Flyveselksap
Aircraft: de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300
Registration: LN-BNK
Fatalities/No. Aboard: 15:15
Details: The aircraft crashed while on a flight from Berlevåg to Mehamn after the failure of the tail fin and rudder in moderate turbulence. Overload due to a combination of clear air turbulence, mountain wave and the pilots spontaneous improper actions. There is some controversy surrounding this crash including the possiblity the aircraft was shot down by a NATO jet fighter.
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