Accident description
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | |
| Date: | 15 MAY 1950 |
| Type: | Shorts S.25 Sandringham 6 |
| Operator: | Det Norske Luftfartselskap - DNL |
| Registration: | LN-IAU |
| C/n / msn: | SH.882 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 7 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 26 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 33 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Harstad (Norway)
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| Phase: | Initial climb (ICL) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Harstad-Narvik-Evenes Airport (EVE/ENEV), Norway |
| Tromsø/Langnes Airport (TOS/ENTC), Norway |
Crashed back into the sea shortly after takeoff. The Sandringham flying boat sank one hour later.
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This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Harstad-Narvik-Evenes Airport to Tromsø/Langnes Airport as the crow flies is 158 km (99 miles).
Distance from Harstad-Narvik-Evenes Airport to Tromsø/Langnes Airport as the crow flies is 158 km (99 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
