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Video released of 2013 plane crash in northern Iceland

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic @arctic_eq
Posted: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 at 14:48 — Last Updated: Thursday, August 28, 2014 at 20:48
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A video has been uploaded to YouTube showing a small plane hitting the ground and exploding into flames in northern Iceland.

Three people were onboard at the time of August 2013 crash in the town of Akureyri. Two were killed in the crash. The co-pilot survived.

Media reports identify the aircraft as a Beechcraft Super King.

Video footage shows the plane approaching the ground (identified as a runway in some media reports and as a racetrack in others) in Akureyri, Iceland. It approaches at great speed before clipping its left wing on the ground, slamming into the concrete and exploding into a fireball.

The cause of the crash is still under investigation.

Akureyri is a town of approximately 17,000 people in north-central Iceland.

Akureyri, aviation

Eilís Quinn, Eye on the Arctic

Eilís Quinn is an award-winning journalist and manages Radio Canada International’s Eye on the Arctic news cooperation project. Eilís has reported from the Arctic regions of all eight circumpolar countries and has produced numerous documentary and multimedia series about climate change and the issues facing Indigenous peoples in the North.

Her investigative report "Death in the Arctic: A community grieves, a father fights for change," about the murder of Robert Adams, a 19-year-old Inuk man from Arctic Quebec, received the silver medal for “Best Investigative Article or Series” at the 2019 Canadian Online Publishing Awards. The project also received an honourable mention for excellence in reporting on trauma at the 2019 Dart Awards in New York City.

Her report “The Arctic Railway: Building a future or destroying a culture?” on the impact a multi-billion euro infrastructure project would have on Indigenous communities in Arctic Europe was a finalist at the 2019 Canadian Association of Journalists award in the online investigative category.

Her multimedia project on the health challenges in the Canadian Arctic, "Bridging the Divide," was a finalist at the 2012 Webby Awards.

Her work on climate change in the Arctic has also been featured on the TV science program Découverte, as well as Le Téléjournal, the French-Language CBC’s flagship news cast.

Eilís has worked for media organizations in Canada and the United States and as a TV host for the Discovery/BBC Worldwide series "Best in China."

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