| Date: | Sunday 11 October 1987 |
| Time: | 18:52 |
| Type: |  Dassault Falcon 20D |
| Owner/operator: | Drenair |
| Registration: | EC-EFI |
| MSN: | 189 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1968 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 70 km SW off Keflavik, Iceland -
 Atlantic Ocean
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Ferry/positioning |
| Departure airport: | Goose Bay Airport, NL (YYR/CYYR) |
| Keflavík International Airport (KEF/BIKF) |
The Dassault Falcon 20D, EC-EFI, had been acquired by Spanish operator Drenair. The airplane was prepared at West Palm Beach, Florida for a ferry flight to Europe. The aircraft flew to Bedford, Massachusetts and Goose Bay, Canada. From there the aircraft planned to cross the Atlantic via Keflavík, Iceland.
En route to Keflavík, the aircraft encountered extreme head winds, causing the fuel to be exhausted before the aircraft was able to reach Iceland. A ditched was carried out and all occupants were rescued by a helicopter.
Sources:
Scramble Nov. 1987
Cien Nudos en el morro / by Rafael Murcia Llorens
Images:
photo (c) via Werner Fischdick; Teterboro Airport, NJ (TEB); May 1974
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