Plane crashes into drag strip in Iceland

"Normalaatsra" (Normalaatsra) 01/06/2014 at 18:38 • Filed to: planelopnik, planes, aviation, plane crash, drag, drag racing, drag strip, Iceland, video

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When Planelopnik comes into Jalopnik.
2 passengers were killed in the crash, co-pilot survives.

This was the co-pilot's second crash after exactly 12 years ago involved in another incident.

The pilot that was killed has connections with the drag strip club.
The LiveLeak explanation says:

"TF-MYX Beechcraft Super King Air 200, Air Ambulance from Air Myflug crashes on a dragstrip during qualifying before a race in Iceland.
3 persons onboard,Captain and Medic killed, Co-Pilot survives with minor injuries. No injuries on the ground.

Investigation is still active, plane was fully functional and well maintained. This was not an emergency landing. Co-Pilot has not commented publicly but it is known that he made remarks to the Captain about the dangerous flying.

Captain had requested a go around moments before landing at an airport close by and flew dangerously fast and low heading to dragstrip according to witnesses and crashed. Captain had close connections to the club running the dragstrip.
This is the Co-Pilot's second plane accident, excactly 12 years prior to the crash he had an emergency landing where the medic that died treated him for minor injuries."

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Normalaatsra > Normalaatsra 01/06/2014 at 18:40

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Can somebody confirm that a video is available in the main entry? I'm posted this on mobile but I don't think HTML embedding works without the HTML text editor that doesn't work on mobile.

If you do not see a video, please click the link provided at the end of the entry to watch the video.

ttyymmnn > Normalaatsra 01/06/2014 at 18:42

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It's there. I posted this earlier but couldn't get the embed to work properly. Yours worked fine.

MtrRider Just Wants Doritos > Normalaatsra 01/06/2014 at 19:25

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Simplify, then add beer > Normalaatsra 01/06/2014 at 19:42

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If only they had a vehicle that could get to the crash quickly...

B1n > Normalaatsra 01/12/2014 at 13:54

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What a shame. Big balls are not a good thing, if one believes the early reports.