Historical Events tagged with "gamvik"
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Accidents & Tragedies
Widerøe Flight 933 crashes into Barents Sea
March 11th, 1982 43 years ago
Widerøe Flight 933, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter, crashed into the Barents Sea near Gamvik, Norway, killing all 15 people on board. The flight was en route from Mehamn to Tromsø when it encountered difficulties in inclement weather conditions leading to the tragic accident.
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