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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 32. Chapters: Moskenes, Rost, Vestvagoy, Vagan, Vaeroy, Wideroe Flight 839, Rost Airport, Vaeroy Airport, Moskenstraumen, Svolvaer, Moskenesoya, Leknes, Hinnoya, Austvagoy, A, Moskenes, Kabelvag, Sorvagen, Moskenes, Lofotr Viking Museum, Flakstad, Gravdal, Vaeroy Heliport, Trollfjord, Lofoten Mainland Connection, Svolvaer Airport, Helle, Leknes Airport, Pietro Querini, Flakstadoya, Mostad, Reine, Vestfjord, Stamsund, Skottinden, Gravermarka, Borge, Nordland, Gimsoy, Svolvaergeita, Norwegian Fishing Village Museum, Valberg, Nordland, Ballstad, Buksnes, Hadselfjord, Skrova, Higravstinden, Lille Molla, Hermannsdalstinden, Hol, Nordland, Bostad, Hamnoy, Lofoten Stockfish Museum. Excerpt: Wideroe Flight 839, also known as the Vaeroy Accident (Norwegian: ), was a crash into water of a de Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter just after take-off from Vaeroy Airport in Norway. The incident occurred on 12 April 1990 at 14:44, and killed all five people on board. The cause of the accident were strong winds that exceeded the structure's tolerance, causing the tail rudder and tailplane to crack so the plane became uncontrollable. Impact occurred 63 seconds after take-off and 8 seconds after the crack. The aircraft crashed into the water, and a search was conducted for several days to find the wreck. Uneven and strong winds had given the airport low regularity, and prior to take-off, wind speeds of 57 knots (106 km/h; 66 mph) had been recorded.The accident caused the airport to be permanently closed, and replaced by Vaeroy Heliport. The incident was investigated by the Accident Investigation Board Norway, who published their conclusions in 1991. Three years later, a new investigation was conducted, after an engineer had stated that the cause of the accident could instead have been fatigue. The second investigation came to the same conclusion as
