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Widerøe Flight 710

Index Widerøe Flight 710

Widerøe Flight 710, commonly known as the Torghatten Accident (Torghatten-ulykken), was a controlled flight into terrain into the mountain of Torghatten in Brønnøy, Norway. [1]

64 relations: Accident Investigation Board Norway, Air Accidents Investigation Branch, Aircraft maintenance checks, Airworthiness certificate, Autopilot, Aviation Safety Network, Avinor, Bodø Airport, Braathens SAFE Flight 239, Brønnøy, Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy, Brønnøysunds Avis, Cockpit, Conspiracy theory, Controlled flight into terrain, Dagbladet, De Havilland Canada, De Havilland Canada Dash 7, De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, Distance measuring equipment, Electromagnetic interference, Fighter aircraft, Finnmarken (newspaper), Flap (aeronautics), Flight information service, Flight recorder, Flight simulator, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Ground proximity warning system, Hammerfest Airport, Instrument flight rules, Jump seat, Kripos, Landing gear, Marker beacon, Nacelle, Namsos Airport, Høknesøra, Nokia, Nordic Mobile Telephone, Northern Norway, Norwegian Home Guard, Norwegian Press Complaints Commission, NRK, Pilot licensing and certification, Port and starboard, Pratt & Whitney Canada, Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka, SCAT-I, St. Olav's University Hospital, Sterile Cockpit Rule, ..., Teknisk Ukeblad, Torghatten, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, Trondheim Airport, Værnes, Vertical stabilizer, Very high frequency, VHF omnidirectional range, Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, Widerøe, Widerøe Flight 744, Widerøe Flight 839, Widerøe Flight 933, Wilhelm Mohr, 1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash. Expand index (14 more) »

Accident Investigation Board Norway

The Accident Investigation Board Norway (AIBN; Statens havarikommisjon for transport, SHT) is a government agency which is responsible for investigating transport-related accidents within Norway.

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Air Accidents Investigation Branch

The Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) investigates civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents within the United Kingdom, its overseas territories and crown dependencies.

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Aircraft maintenance checks

Aircraft maintenance checks are periodic inspections that have to be done on all commercial/civil aircraft after a certain amount of time or usage; military aircraft normally follow specific maintenance programmes which may or may not be similar to those of commercial/civil operators.

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Airworthiness certificate

A Certificate of Airworthiness is a permit for operation, issued for an aircraft by the national aviation authority in the state/nation in which the aircraft is registered.

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Autopilot

An autopilot is a system used to control the trajectory of an aircraft without constant 'hands-on' control by a human operator being required.

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Aviation Safety Network

The Aviation Safety Network (ASN) is a website that keeps track of aviation accidents, incidents, and hijackings.

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Avinor

Avinor AS is a state-owned limited company that operates most of the civil airports in Norway.

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Bodø Airport

Bodø Airport (Bodø lufthavn) is a civil airport in Bodø, Norway.

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Braathens SAFE Flight 239

Braathen SAFE Flight 239, also known as the Asker Accident (Asker-ulykken), was a controlled flight into terrain of a Fokker F28 Fellowship into Vestmarka in Asker, Norway, on 23 December 1972 at 16:33.

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Brønnøy

Brønnøy is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy

Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy (Brønnøysund lufthavn, Brønnøy) is a regional airport located at the town of Brønnøysund, in the municipality of Brønnøy, Nordland county, Norway.

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Brønnøysunds Avis

Brønnøysunds Avis is a local print and online newspaper published in Brønnøysund, Norway.

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Cockpit

A cockpit or flight deck is the area, usually near the front of an aircraft or spacecraft, from which a pilot controls the aircraft.

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Conspiracy theory

A conspiracy theory is an explanation of an event or situation that invokes an unwarranted conspiracy, generally one involving an illegal or harmful act carried out by government or other powerful actors.

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Controlled flight into terrain

A controlled flight into terrain (CFIT, usually pronounced cee-fit) is an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, a body of water or an obstacle.

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Dagbladet

Dagbladet (lit.: The Daily Magazine) is Norway's sixth largest newspaper with a circulation of 46,250 copies in 2016, down from a peak of 228,834 in 1994.

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De Havilland Canada

de Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. was an aircraft manufacturer with facilities based in what is now the Downsview area of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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De Havilland Canada Dash 7

The de Havilland Canada DHC-7, popularly known as the Dash 7, is a turboprop-powered regional airliner with short take-off and landing (STOL) performance.

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De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter

The de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, currently marketed as the Viking Air DHC-6 Twin Otter, is a Canadian 19-passenger STOL (Short Takeoff and Landing) utility aircraft developed by de Havilland Canada and currently produced by Viking Air.

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Distance measuring equipment

Distance measuring equipment (DME) is a transponder-based radio navigation technology that measures slant range distance by timing the propagation delay of VHF or UHF radio signals.

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Electromagnetic interference

Electromagnetic interference (EMI), also called radio-frequency interference (RFI) when in the radio frequency spectrum, is a disturbance generated by an external source that affects an electrical circuit by electromagnetic induction, electrostatic coupling, or conduction.

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Fighter aircraft

A fighter aircraft is a military aircraft designed primarily for air-to-air combat against other aircraft, as opposed to bombers and attack aircraft, whose main mission is to attack ground targets.

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Finnmarken (newspaper)

Finnmarken (newspaper) is a local newspaper published in Vadsø, Norway. It covers eastern Finnmark. It was established in 1899 by Adam Egede-Nissen and others. In 1942 Finnmarken was taken over by the national socialist occupant regime. They incorporated it into Finnmark Folkeblad in 1944. In 1945, after the occupation, this was reversed; however, both Folkets Frihet and Vadsø Arbeiderblad were absorbed into Finnmarken. It has a circulation of 7,147, of whom 6,302 are subscribers. Finnmarken (newspaper) is owned by A-pressen Lokale Medier AS, which in turn is owned 100% by A-pressen.

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Flap (aeronautics)

Flaps are a type of high-lift device used to increase the lift of an aircraft wing at a given airspeed.

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Flight information service

A flight information service (FIS) is a form of air traffic service which is available to any aircraft within a flight information region (FIR), as agreed internationally by ICAO.

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Flight recorder

A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents.

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Flight simulator

A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and the environment in which it flies, for pilot training, design, or other purposes.

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Gro Harlem Brundtland

Gro Harlem Brundtland (born Gro Harlem, 20 April 1939) is a Norwegian politician, who served three terms as Prime Minister of Norway (1981, 1986–89, and 1990–96) and as Director-General of the World Health Organization from 1998 to 2003.

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Ground proximity warning system

A Ground Proximity Warning System (GPWS) is a system designed to alert pilots if their aircraft is in immediate danger of flying into the ground or an obstacle.

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Hammerfest Airport

Hammerfest Airport (Hammerfest lufthavn) is a regional airport at Prærien in Hammerfest, Norway.

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Instrument flight rules

Instrument flight rules (IFR) is one of two sets of regulations governing all aspects of civil aviation aircraft operations; the other is visual flight rules (VFR).

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Jump seat

In aviation, a jump seat or jumpseat is an auxiliary seat for individuals—other than normal passengers—who are not operating the aircraft.

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Kripos

The National Criminal Investigation Service (Den nasjonale enhet for bekjempelse av organisert og annen alvorlig kriminalitet, previously Kriminalpolitisentralen), commonly known as Kripos, is a special agency of the Norwegian Police Service.

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Landing gear

Landing gear is the undercarriage of an aircraft or spacecraft and may be used for either takeoff or landing.

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Marker beacon

A marker beacon is a particular type of VHF radio beacon used in aviation, usually in conjunction with an instrument landing system (ILS), to give pilots a means to determine position along an established route to a destination such as a runway.

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Nacelle

A nacelle is a housing, separate from the fuselage, that holds engines, fuel, or equipment on an aircraft.

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Namsos Airport, Høknesøra

Namsos Airport, Høknesøra (Namsos lufthavn, Høknesøra) is a regional airport located along the Namsen river, just outside the town of Namsos in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Nokia

Nokia is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics company, founded in 1865.

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Nordic Mobile Telephone

NMT (Nordisk MobilTelefoni or Nordiska MobilTelefoni-gruppen, Nordic Mobile Telephony in English) is the first fully automatic cellular phone system.

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Northern Norway

Northern Norway (Nord-Norge, Nord-Noreg; Davvi-Norga) is a geographical region of Norway, consisting of the three northernmost counties Nordland, Troms and Finnmark, in total about 35% of the Norwegian mainland.

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Norwegian Home Guard

The Norwegian Home Guard (Heimevernet – "HV"), is a rapid mobilisation force in the Norwegian military.

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Norwegian Press Complaints Commission

The Norwegian Press Complaints Commission (Pressens Faglige Utvalg) is a complaint commission of Norwegian Press Association.

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NRK

NRK (an abbreviation of the Norwegian: Norsk rikskringkasting AS, generally expressed in English as the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation) is the Norwegian government-owned radio and television public broadcasting company, and the largest media organisation in Norway.

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Pilot licensing and certification

Pilot licensing or certification refers to permits on how to operate aircraft that are issued by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) in each country, establishing that the holder has met a specific set of knowledge and experience requirements.

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Port and starboard

Port and starboard are nautical and aeronautical terms for left and right, respectively.

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Pratt & Whitney Canada

Pratt & Whitney Canada (PWC or P&WC) is a Canada-based aircraft engine manufacturer.

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Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka

Sandnessjøen Airport, Stokka (Sandnessjøen Lufthavn, Stokka) is a regional airport serving the town of Sandnessjøen, Norway.

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SCAT-I

SCAT-I (Special CATegory I) is an instrument landing system for aircraft, based on Differential GPS.

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St. Olav's University Hospital

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Sterile Cockpit Rule

The Sterile Cockpit Rule is a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulation requiring aircraft pilots to refrain from non-essential activities in the cockpit during critical phases of flight, normally below.

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Teknisk Ukeblad

Teknisk Ukeblad (TU, Technical Weekly Magazine) is Norwegian engineering magazine.

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Torghatten

Torghatten is a granite mountain on Torget island in Brønnøy municipality in Nordland county, Norway.

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Transportation Safety Board of Canada

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB, French: Bureau de la sécurité des transports du Canada, BST), officially the Canadian Transportation Accident Investigation and Safety Board (French: Bureau canadien d'enquête sur les accidents de transport et de la sécurité des transports) is the agency of the Government of Canada responsible for advancing transportation safety in Canada.

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Trondheim Airport, Værnes

Trondheim Airport, Værnes (Trondheim lufthavn, Værnes) is an international airport serving Trondheim, a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway.

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Vertical stabilizer

The vertical stabilizers, vertical stabilisers, or fins, of aircraft, missiles or bombs are typically found on the aft end of the fuselage or body, and are intended to reduce aerodynamic side slip and provide direction stability.

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Very high frequency

Very high frequency (VHF) is the ITU designation for the range of radio frequency electromagnetic waves (radio waves) from 30 to 300 megahertz (MHz), with corresponding wavelengths of ten to one meter.

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VHF omnidirectional range

Very High Frequency (VHF) Omni-Directional Range (VOR) is a type of short-range radio navigation system for aircraft, enabling aircraft with a receiving unit to determine their position and stay on course by receiving radio signals transmitted by a network of fixed ground radio beacons.

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Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 was an international charter flight that, on 29 August 1996 at 10:22:23 Central European Summer Time, crashed in Operafjellet, Svalbard, Norway during the approach to Svalbard Airport, Longyear.

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Widerøe

Widerøe's Flyveselskap AS, trading as Widerøe, is the largest regional airline operating in the Nordic countries.

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Widerøe Flight 744

Widerøe Flight 744, also known as the Namsos Accident (Namsos-ulykken), was a controlled flight into terrain of a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter during approach to Namsos Airport, Høknesøra in Norway.

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Widerøe Flight 839

Widerøe Flight 839, also known as the Værøy Accident (Værøy-ulykken), was a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter that crashed shortly after take-off from Værøy Airport in Norway.

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Widerøe Flight 933

Widerøe Flight 933, also known as the Mehamn Accident (Mehamn-ulykken), was the crash of a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter operated by Norwegian airline Widerøe.

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Wilhelm Mohr

Wilhelm Mohr (27 June 1917 – 26 September 2016) was a Norwegian aviation officer.

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1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash

The 1961 Holtaheia Vickers Viking crash (Holtaheia-ulykken) was a controlled flight into terrain incident on 9 August 1961 at Holta in Strand, Norway.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widerøe_Flight_710

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