The Police in Northern Iceland has published the identity of the man who died when a small airplane crashed Sunday afternoon in the Tröllaskagi peninsula, north Iceland. The man’s name was Arthur Grant Wagstaff, a Canadian national, born in 1959. The man was a dead when rescue teams arrived at the scene. By request of the deceased’s family the police will not release any further information.
Experienced pilots and a historic airplane
The local news site visir.is the second man is still in intensive care. His name is Arngrímur Jóhansson, the former owner of the Icelandic Airline Atlanta. Both men were experienced pilots.
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The plane was a de Havilland Beaver, a single-engine high-wing, propeller-driven aircraft. The aircraft were first introduced in 1948, and produced until 1967. The airplane which crashed in Tröllaskagi was built in 1960 and served in the Royal Air force in Africa. In 1963 the plane crashed in Kenya, where it lay until 1999, when it was transported to the US and rebuilt.
The plane was flown to Iceland from the US in 2008 by Arngrímur and Arthur Grant Wagstaff. Since then it has been on display at the Icelandic Aviation Museum. The two were about to fly the plane back to the US when it crashed. Gestur Einar Jónsson, the manager of the Icelandic Aviation Museum, told visir.is that the plane was considered to be one of the best planes of its kind in existence.
The Police in Northern Iceland has published the identity of the man who died when a small airplane crashed Sunday afternoon in the Tröllaskagi peninsula, north Iceland. The man’s name was Arthur Grant Wagstaff, a Canadian national, born in 1959. The man was a dead when rescue teams arrived at the scene. By request of the deceased’s family the police will not release any further information.
Experienced pilots and a historic airplane
The local news site visir.is the second man is still in intensive care. His name is Arngrímur Jóhansson, the former owner of the Icelandic Airline Atlanta. Both men were experienced pilots.
Related: Man killed in small plane crash in North Iceland
The plane was a de Havilland Beaver, a single-engine high-wing, propeller-driven aircraft. The aircraft were first introduced in 1948, and produced until 1967. The airplane which crashed in Tröllaskagi was built in 1960 and served in the Royal Air force in Africa. In 1963 the plane crashed in Kenya, where it lay until 1999, when it was transported to the US and rebuilt.
The plane was flown to Iceland from the US in 2008 by Arngrímur and Arthur Grant Wagstaff. Since then it has been on display at the Icelandic Aviation Museum. The two were about to fly the plane back to the US when it crashed. Gestur Einar Jónsson, the manager of the Icelandic Aviation Museum, told visir.is that the plane was considered to be one of the best planes of its kind in existence.
