Airplane Accidents Denmark

A chartered plane carrying Norwegian shipping company officials to a ship christening in West Germany crashed in the sea Friday, killing all 55 people aboard, Danish rescue officials said. The twin-engine Convair 440 turboprop plane, belonging to the Norwegian airline Partnair, was en route from Oslo to Hamburg, West Germany. It crashed in the Skagerrak Strait, a heavily traveled shipping route that borders Norway, Denmark and Sweden, leading to the North Sea and the Baltic.

A Danish air force jet carrying Adm. Hans Joergen Garde, the head of the country's armed forces, crashed on approach at the Faeroe Islands' foggy airport, killing all nine people on board, the army said. Garde was making his first official visit to the islands halfway between Scotland and Iceland since being named chief of staff April 1. Also killed were his wife, Anne, three aides and four crew members. The Faeroes are 18 semi-independent Danish islands.

A Danish air force jet carrying Adm. Hans Joergen Garde, the head of the country's armed forces, crashed on approach at the Faeroe Islands' foggy airport, killing all nine people on board, the army said. Garde was making his first official visit to the islands halfway between Scotland and Iceland since being named chief of staff April 1. Also killed were his wife, Anne, three aides and four crew members. The Faeroes are 18 semi-independent Danish islands.

A chartered plane carrying Norwegian shipping company officials to a ship christening in West Germany crashed in the sea Friday, killing all 55 people aboard, Danish rescue officials said. The twin-engine Convair 440 turboprop plane, belonging to the Norwegian airline Partnair, was en route from Oslo to Hamburg, West Germany. It crashed in the Skagerrak Strait, a heavily traveled shipping route that borders Norway, Denmark and Sweden, leading to the North Sea and the Baltic.