Accident with small plane on Vannøya in Troms – news Troms and Finnmark

There has been an accident with a small plane on Vannøya in Karlsøy municipality, the police report. The accident happened on a small, private airstrip in the far north of the island in Nord-Troms, between Vannareid and Bruøysund. Photo: Villy Indal Two people are said to have been on the plane when the pilot lost control of the plane. – We have been in contact with the pilot, and he has said that he landed normally. After landing, he hit something that caused him to have a front flip on the plane, so the plane is simply turned upside down, says operations manager Lennart Steffensen in the Troms police district to news. Information from the pilot is that no one was seriously injured. Here is the small airstrip on Vannøya. Photo: Google maps Accident Investigation Board connected The plane is of the Van’s RV-14 type, an aerobatic kit plane, i.e. a plane that amateurs can build themselves, according to Nordlys. The police move out with a police helicopter to the island. The Accident Investigation Board for Civil Aviation has been notified. – We are trying to obtain information from the pilot and a bit around the airport. We don’t know much more right now, but will eventually make a decision on whether we choose to go there, says head of the aviation department in the National Accident Investigation Board, Kåre Halvorsen to news. There was an accident on the same airstrip in 2015. Photo: Villy Indal Published 06/08/2024, at 14.22 Updated 06.08.2024, at 15.26



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