| Date: | Thursday 28 August 1947 |
| Time: | 09:05 |
| Type: |  Short S.25 Sandringham 6 |
| Owner/operator: | Det Norske Luftfartselskap - DNL |
| Registration: | LN-IAV |
| MSN: | SH.915 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 35 / Occupants: 35 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 2 km N of Lødingen -
 Norway
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Harstad Seaplane Base |
| Bodø Airport (BOO/ENBO) |
The flying boat flew into the side of the fog covered Kvammetind Mountain (400 m) at an altitude of 290 meters.
The airplane operated on a passenger service from Tromsø to Oslo via Harstad, Bodø, and Hommelvik.
Cause: navigation error.
Sources:
no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kvitbjørn-ulykken
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