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DC-3 Plane Wreck  
Iceland

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First reportApril 13 2020
by dejongh.marc
Latest reportApril 24 2020
by sylviaph



DC3 plane wreck
by dejongh.marc on April 13 2020 15:26 hr CE(S)T   Shortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/ajdy ]

Finding out the location
  very easy
Access
  very easy
Safety
  very safe
Risk of being seen
  very high
General condition of the place
  good
Traces of vandalism
  ?
Good place for taking pictures?
  very good
Did you see other people?
  none or very few


Visit date    June 24 2014 at 15 hr
Visit duration    < 1 hour

November 24th 1973 a DC3 Dakota from the US Navy made an emergency landing 150km from Reykjavik , on the beach of Solheimasandur , near Vik
Because it was stranded on a remote beach the US Army decided not to salvage the plane , they did recover important parts like the engines and cargo , but left the fuselage on the beach
The plane is still there , and has become a real tourist attraction on Iceland
It's located about 3km from the main road , only accessable for Four wheel drive cars
In 2014 , when I visited the wreck you could drive to the location , which I did with my Dacia Duster4x4 .You had to drive through a small creek and up a rought slope , I just followed an Iceland tourist guide in his Landrover
However , today there are no longer veciles allowed ,so any visit will be on foot
I edited most of the photos ( i hope you like them) , I signed my own photos , the other were taken by my wife Marianne

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plane wreck iceland
by sylviaph on April 24 2020 13:28 hr CE(S)T    Shortlink to this report: [ https://urbx.be/dcwg ]

Finding out the location
  very easy
Access
  very easy
Safety
  very safe
Risk of being seen
  very low
General condition of the place
  bad
Traces of vandalism
  few
Good place for taking pictures?
  very good
Did you see other people?
  many


Visit date   February 24 2018 at 14 hr
Visit duration   2 hours

vrije toegang je moet er wel een wandeling van 4 km (enkel) voor over hebben om er te geraken. Magische plaats!!

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