Part 56: Finland

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This plane crash takes us to the European country of Finland, which is located next to the following countries: Sweden and Russia.

WARNINGS OF A PLANE CRASH

Pictured above is the tail section of the plane after it crashed

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Pictured above is the tail section of the plane after it crashed.

Aero Flight 311, registered as Oscar Hotel- Lima Charlie Charlie (OH-LCC), it's often referred to as the Kvevlax air disaster, the flight was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Aero O/Y (now Finnair) between Pietarsaari Airport (IATA: KOK, ICAO: EFKK), Kronoby, Finland and Vaasa Airport (IATA: VAA, ICAO: EFVA), Vaasa, Finland, the aircraft operating this flight was a Douglas DC-3, which crashed in the municipality of Kvevlax, which is now apart of Korsholm, on the 3rd of January 1961, the crash occurred and it killed all 25 people who were on board the plane, the disaster remains the deadliest civilian aviation accident in Finnish history.

Flight 311 was starting to prepare for landing at Vaasa airport, the aircraft descended below 160 feet, then suddenly the plane turned to the left, this slowed the plane down and disrupted airflow significantly, the crew tried to correct the situation by applying full throttle, but this didn't help and the plane went into a spin, the last thing seen by eyewitnesses on the ground was that the pilots had turned on the landing lights before the plane crashed into the woods at 07:40:30am local time, the plane crashed into the woods in a steep 170 degree turn, first responders reached the rash site ten minutes after the crash occurred, they were unable to save anyone due to the intense flames which reached over 15 meters (49 feet) in height, the aircraft was extensively destroyed by the impact forces an the post crash fire.

The summary of the crash was Pilot error aggravated by alcohol intoxication and a stall.

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