Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) sent a special report this Thursday evening on the accident, in which Captain Bård Vereide for the first time gives several interesting details on the whole operation. He followed "Siv" in another Hercules named "Nanna". They were denied descent into Kiruna and ordered to return to search for the missing plane.
The low altitude of "Siv" was possibly caused by strong lee waves from the mountain, as a full-force storm was blowing. The Norwegian Air Force has used Hercules planes since the late 1960s and has never had any incidents or accidents with the type.
Google Translate continues to interpret Evenes Airport as "Glasgow".
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Original article in Norwegian here:
– De vil alltid være med oss. Vi vil alltid huske dem - Nordland - NRK Nyheter
Swedish and Norwegian newspapers previously quoted investigating officers saying that they so far had found "no technical faults" with the a/c. This statement sounds rather valueless when they still only have found 20% of the wreckage.
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