Linjeflyg Flight 277 - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Linjeflyg
Linjeflyg
Linjeflyg was formed in 1957 as a Swedish domestic airline by Scandinavian Airlines System, Dagens Nyheter AB and Stockholms-Tidningen AB.In October 1983, Linjeflyg moved from Stockholm-Bromma Airport in the central part of Stockholm, to Stockholm-Arlanda Airport in the north of Stockholm. Bromma...

Flight 277 (actually LF267V), a Convair

Convair

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CV-340 Metropolitan

Convair 240

The Convair CV-240 was an American airliner produced by Convair from 1947 to 1954, initially as a possible replacement of the ubiquitous Douglas DC-3. While featuring a more modern design, the 240 series was able to make some inroads as a commercial airliner and also had a long development cycle...

(SE-CCK), crashed during the approach to Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport

Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport

-History:A military airforce base was opened here in 1945. In 1960 civilian passenger flights started from this airport. In 2002 the airforce left the airport, and it became a civilian only airport. The line to Stockholm has always had the largest number of passengers.-External links:*...

, Sweden

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

, at the time an air force base

Air Force Base

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. The crew had aborted approaches to two previous scheduled destinations (complete schedule: Bromma

Stockholm-Bromma Airport

Stockholm-Bromma Airport is an airport in Stockholm, Sweden. Stockholm-Bromma Airport is located west northwest of downtown Stockholm and is the closest to the city...

- Hultsfred

Hultsfred

Hultsfred is a locality and the seat of Hultsfred Municipality, Kalmar County, Sweden with 5,305 inhabitants in 2005. It is best known for the Hultsfred Festival.- References :...

- Halmstad

Halmstad

Halmstad is a port, university, industrial and recreational city at the mouth of Nissan in the province of Halland on the Swedish west coast. Halmstad is the seat of Halmstad Municipality and the capital of Halland County...

- Ängelholm

Ängelholm

Ängelholm is a locality and the seat of Ängelholm Municipality in Skåne County, Sweden with 22,532 inhabitants in 2005.It is known for its clay cuckoos — a special kind of ocarina. This is however a dying tradition as there is now only one producer of clay cuckoos, Sofia Nilsson.Tourism is an...

) due to bad weather and low visibility.

The crew abandoned the set procedure in the approach to Engelholm after the tower reported improved weather. When the flight reached Ängelholm the visibility was 1.5 to 2 km, the cloud base

Cloud base

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at 60 m coupled with rain.