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1951 Glitfaxi plane crash

The 1951 Flugfélag Íslands DC-3 crash was a plane crash that occurred on 31 January 1951 when a Douglas DC-3 from Flugfélag Íslands, christened Glitfaxi, crashed in Faxaflói in Iceland, killing all 20 people aboard. It remains the second deadliest air crash in Iceland behind the 1947 Héðinsfjörður air crash.

Aircraft
Glitfaxi was built in 1942 in Santa Monica, California, for the United States Air Force. In November 1946, Flugfélag Íslands bought the aircraft from Scottish Aviation which had converted her for passenger flights. ==Aftermath==
Aftermath
The crash hit the small town of Vestmannaeyjar hard, where the majority of the passengers where from, leaving 50 children in the town without a father. ==In popular culture==
In popular culture
The accident is featured in the book Hinn hvíti galdur by Ólafur Tryggvason. ==References==
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