Braathen SAFE Flight 239 was a flight between Ålesund Airport, Vigra and Oslo Airport, Fornebu which crashed in Asker on 23 December 1972, killing 40 people. It was the worst airline disaster involving a Norwegian airline until Partnair Flight 394 in 1989, and the worst disaster on Norwegian soil until Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 in 1996. It was also the first fatal crash of a Fokker Fellowship and the most fatal accident of Braathens SAFE.
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The aircraft was a Fokker F28 Fellowship, with tail number LN-SUY and nicknamed Sverre Sigurdsson. It had entered service in 1969. On this flight there were 42 passengers and a crew of 3. This was the first Fokker F-28 Fellowship in commercial service.
The plane crashed near the Asdøltjern Lake, 15 km (9 mi) from the airport, whilst making a night time approach to Fornebu airport. The plane was flying too low and was somewhat off course, perhaps because the crew had taken a short cut. Fog and low clouds may also have contributed to the accident. When rescue teams arrived at about 23:00, they found only seven survivors, two of whom died shortly afterwards.
A memorial to the victims was erected near the crash site in 1998.
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Aviation accidents and incidents in Norway
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Coordinates: 59°51′57″N 10°20′21″E / 59.86583°N 10.33917°E / 59.86583; 10.33917
