Misplaced Pages

List of aviation accidents and incidents in Norway

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.

This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
Find sources: "List of aviation accidents and incidents in Norway" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2024) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

The list includes in a chronological order all aviation accidents and incidents involving airliners in Norway that result in a write-off or fatalities, as well as all hijackings. Helicopter accidents are only included for multi-engined aircraft with fatalities. Military accidents are only included if they have fatalities. The list excludes all accidents during wartime involving military aircraft, which specifically includes the period 8 April 1940 to 8 May 1945. The location denotes current municipalities, which may differ from municipal borders at the time of the accident. Fatalities include people on the ground and people who die within thirty days because of injuries sustained from the accident.

† Hijacking
†† Placeholder
* Military
Aviation accidents and incidents in Norway
Date Location Aircraft Airline Fat. Description Ref(s)
16 June 1936 Lihesten, Hyllestad Municipality Junkers Ju 52 Norwegian Air Lines 7
1 March 1941 Hommelvik, Malvik Municipality Junkers Ju 52 Deutsche Luft Hansa 3
16 October 1944 Hestnutan, Seljord Municipality Junkers Ju 52 Deutsche Luft Hansa 15
10 May 1945 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Ullensaker Municipality Short Stirling Royal Air Force 20
10 May 1945 Sørkedalen, Oslo Municipality Short Stirling Royal Air Force 24
18 December 1945 Voksenkollen, Oslo Municipality Douglas C-47 Skytrain Royal Canadian Air Force 17
4 January 1946 Sirdal Municipality Consolidated B-24 Liberator Royal Air Force 8
22 May 1946 Snarøya, Bærum Municipality Junkers Ju 52 Norwegian Air Lines 8
22 May 1946 Mistberget, Eidsvoll Municipality Douglas DC-3 British European Airways 3
28 August 1947 Lødingen Municipality Short Sandringham Norwegian Air Lines 35
6 September 1948 Førdesveten, Sund Municipality Consolidated PBY Catalina Royal Norwegian Air Force 13
2 October 1948 Hommelvik, Malvik Municipality Short Sandringham Norwegian Air Lines 19
20 November 1949 Hurum Municipality Douglas C-47 Skytrain Aero Holland 34
15 May 1950 Harstad Municipality Short Sandringham Norwegian Air Lines 0
5 May 1952 Siljefjell, Drangedal Municipality Douglas C-47 Skytrain Fred. Olsen Airtransport 11
10 July 1953 Sola Air Station, Sola Municipality Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Republic F-84 Thunderjet		 United States Air Force
Royal Norwegian Air Force		 11
28 March 1954 Bjørnøya, Svalbard Consolidated PBY Catalina Royal Norwegian Air Force 8
5 May 1956 Hummelfjell, Tolga Municipality de Havilland Heron Braathens SAFE 2
2 December 1959 Hakkloa, Oslo Municipality Douglas C-47 Skytrain United States Air Force 4
9 September 1961 Holta, Strand Municipality Vickers Viking Eagle Airways 39
14 April 1963 Oslo Airport, Fornebu, Bærum Municipality Vickers Viscount Iceland Airways 12
5 March 1964 Oslo Airport, Fornebu, Bærum Municipality Douglas C-47 Skytrain Widerøe 0
20 March 1966 Svanfjell, Tranøy Municipality Lockheed C-130 Hercules United States Air Force 7
31 August 1967 Prins Karls Forland, Svalbard Breguet Atlantic French Navy 11
28 March 1968 Rossfjordstraumen, Lenvik Municipality de Havilland Canada Otter Widerøe 0
31 August 1968 Odda Municipality de Havilland Canada Otter Westwing 5
4 September 1968 Bodø Municipality de Havilland Heron Nor Flyselskap 5
11 July 1972 Grytøy, Harstad Municipality de Havilland Canada Twin Otter Royal Norwegian Air Force 17
23 December 1972 Asker Municipality Fokker F-28 Fellowship Braathens SAFE 40
30 January 1973 Oslo Airport, Fornebu, Bærum Municipality McDonnell Douglas DC-9-21 Scandinavian Airlines System 0
17 July 1973 Tromsø Airport, Tromsø Municipality Convair CV-640 SATA Air Açores 0
23 November 1977 North Sea Sikorsky S-61 Helikopter Service 12
26 June 1978 North Sea Sikorsky S-61 Helikopter Service 18
28 August 1978 Hopen, Svalbard Tupolev Tu-16 Soviet Air Forces 7
11 March 1982 Gamvik Municipality de Havilland Canada Twin Otter Widerøe 15
17 February 1983 Båtsfjord Airport, Båtsfjord Municipality Britten-Norman Islander Norving 0
21 June 1985 Oslo Airport, Fornebu, Bærum Municipality Boeing 737-200 Braathens SAFE 0 Hijacking
10 November 1986 Kristinvann, Bodø Municipality Westland Sea King Royal Norwegian Air Force 1
23 January 1987 Trondheim Airport, Stjørdal Municipality McDonnell Douglas DC-9-41 Scandinavian Airlines System 0
6 May 1988 Torghatten near Brønnøysund Airport, Brønnøy Municipality de Havilland Canada Dash 7 Widerøe 36
12 April 1990 Værøy Airport, Værøy Municipality de Havilland Canada Twin Otter Widerøe 5
3 October 1990 Alden, Askvoll Municipality Bell 212 Helikopter Service 5
29 October 1990 Honningsvåg Airport, Nordkapp Municipality de Havilland Canada Twin Otter Royal Norwegian Air Force 3
21 March 1991 Pyramiden, Svalbard Mil Mi-8 Aeroflot 1
15 September 1993 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Ullensaker Municipality Tupolev Tu-134 Aeroflot 0 Hijacking
27 October 1993 Overhalla Municipality near Namsos Airport, Høknesøra de Havilland Canada Twin Otter Widerøe 6
3 November 1994 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Ullensaker Municipality McDonnell Douglas MD-82 Scandinavian Airlines System 0 Hijacking
4 December 1994 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Ullensaker Municipality Cessna Grand Caravan Air Team 1
18 March 1996 Wijdefjorden, Svalbard Eurocopter Super Puma Airlift 1
29 August 1996 Operafjellet near Svalbard Airport, Longyear Tupolev Tu-154 Vnukovo Airlines 141
6 September 1996 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Ullensaker Municipality Tupolev Tu-154 Hemus Air 0 Hijacking
8 September 1997 Norwegian Sea near the Norne oil field Eurocopter Super Puma Helikopter Service 12
12 October 1998 Stord Airport, Stord Municipality Cessna 402 Jetair 9
30 November 2001 Skien Airport, Geiteryggen British Aerospace Jetstream 31 European Executive Express 0
29 September 2004 Bodø Airport, Bodø Municipality Dornier 228 Kato Air 0
1 May 2005 Hammerfest Airport, Hammerfest Municipality de Havilland Canada Dash 8-100 Widerøe 0
10 October 2006 Stord Airport, Stord Municipality British Aerospace 146 Atlantic Airways 4
30 March 2008 Barentsburg Heliport, Heerodden, Svalbard Mil Mi-8 Spark+ 3
2 March 2011 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen, Ullensaker Municipality Swearingen Metroliner North Flying 0
14 January 2014 Sollihøgda, Hole Municipality Eurocopter EC-135 Norwegian Air Ambulance 2
29 April 2016 Turøy, Øygarden Municipality Eurocopter EC225 Super Puma CHC Helikopter Service 13
19 March 2022 Gråtådalen, Beiarn Municipality V-22 Osprey United States Air Force 4

References

  1. Hovland, Johanne; Tinmannsvik, Ingrid; Haga Honningsøy, Kirsti (29 April 2016). "Dette vet vi om helikopterstyrten" [What We Know About the Helicopter Crash]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål).
  2. Wergeland, Paal; Svendsen, Christine; Sandberg, Hallvard (29 April 2016). "Eurocopter 225: Ulykkesrammet helikopter" [Eurocopter 225: Helicopter Involved in Accident]. NRK (in Norwegian Bokmål).
Aviation accidents and incidents in Norway
Includes Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Before 1940
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
Categories: