1972-12-23: Braathens SAFE Flight 239

40 fatalities • Norway

Accident narrative

Braathen SAFE Flight 239, also known as the Asker Accident, was a controlled flight into terrain of a Fokker F28 Fellowship into Vestmarka in Asker, Norway, on 23 December 1972 at 16:33. The Braathens SAFE aircraft was en route on a scheduled flight from Ålesund Airport, Vigra and crashed during approach to Oslo Airport, Fornebu. Forty of the forty-five people on board the aircraft died, making it the deadliest civil aviation accident in Norway until Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 in 1996. According to Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet on 23 December 1992, a Danish citizen died of late complications in 1976.

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Investigation report by Wikidata contributors. Original record: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4953156. This page is a structured re-presentation; facts and quotes are in the CC0 (Wikidata).

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