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75 Years Since Glitfaxi Crashed with 20 People on Board: One of the Deadliest Air Accidents in Iceland

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75 years have passed since one of the deadliest air crashes in Icelandic history, when the Glitfaxi crashed with 20 people on board on its way from the Vestmannaeyjar to Reykjavík. The wreckage of the plane has still not been found. It is believed to lie on the seabed south of Álftanes. On the afternoon of January 31, 1951, the Glitfaxi, an Icelandic Airlines plane, crashed with 17 passengers on board - 15 men, one woman and her infant, and a cr…
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75 years have passed since one of the deadliest air crashes in Icelandic history, when the Glitfaxi crashed with 20 people on board on its way from the Vestmannaeyjar to Reykjavík. The wreckage of the plane has still not been found. It is believed to lie on the seabed south of Álftanes. On the afternoon of January 31, 1951, the Glitfaxi, an Icelandic Airlines plane, crashed with 17 passengers on board - 15 men, one woman and her infant, and a cr…

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RÚV broke the news in on Saturday, January 31, 2026.
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