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1986 Ljósufjöll Air Crash
On 5 April 1986, at 13:26, an Eagle Air Piper PA-23-250 Aztec light aircraft crashed in Ljósufjöll in Snæfellsnes, Iceland killing five of the occupants on board. The aircraft was on a charter flight from Ísafjörður to Reykjavík and carried six passengers, including a couple with an 11-month-old child, and a pilot. It was believed that the plane landed in a downdraft and crashed into the slopes of Ljósufjöll, south of Sóleyjardalur. It remains one of the deadliest aviation accidents in Iceland's history and resulted in changes to aviation regulations and procedures to increase the flow of up-to-date weather information to pilots. The wreckage of the plane was found on the northern slopes of Ljósufjöll, at an altitude of , just before midnight the same day. Men from the Air Rescue Squad in Reykjavík were the first to arrive at the scene of the accident and there were three passengers alive in the wreckage, but one passenger died in a snowmobile on the way down the mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Downdraft
In meteorology, an updraft (British English: ''up-draught'') is a small-scale current of rising air, often within a cloud. Overview Vertical drafts, known as updrafts or downdrafts, are localized regions of warm or cool air that move vertically. A mass of warm air will typically be less dense than the surrounding region, and so will rise until it reaches air that is either warmer or less dense than itself. The converse will occur for a mass of cool air, and is known as subsidence. This movement of large volumes of air, especially when regions of hot, wet air rise, can create large clouds, and is the central source of thunderstorms. Drafts can also be caused by low or high pressure regions. A low pressure region will attract air from the surrounding area, which will move towards the center and then rise, creating an updraft. A high pressure region will attract air from the surrounding area, which will move towards the center and sink, spawning a downdraft. Updrafts and downdrafts ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1986 In Iceland
The following lists events that happened in 1986 in Iceland. Incumbents *President of Iceland, President – Vigdís Finnbogadóttir *Prime Minister of Iceland, Prime Minister – Steingrímur Hermannsson Events * May 3: Iceland Iceland in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, makes its first participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1986, Eurovision Song Contest with the song ''Gleðibankinn'', sang by ICY (band), ICY band. * 11–12 October: Reykjavík Summit between U.S. President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev. Births *19 June – Ragnar Sigurðsson, footballer. *25 July – Margrét Lára Viðarsdóttir, footballer. *14 September – Hallbera Guðný Gísladóttir, footballer *24 November – Guðmundur Pétursson, footballer Deaths *19 January – Jón Helgason (poet), Jón Helgason, philologist and poet (b. 1899) *30 November – Emil Jónsson, politician (b. 1902). *27 Decem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fréttablaðið
''Fréttablaðið'' () was a free Icelandic newspaper. It was distributed five days per week. At its peak, it was the most read newspaper in Iceland. History and profile ''Fréttablaðið'' was established in 2001. It was originally owned primarily by the media group '' 365''. The paper was published six days per week, Monday — Saturday until September 2003, when its frequency was switched to daily. As of 2019, it was published six days per week again, and as of 2020, it was published five days per week. It is entirely funded by advertising. ''Fréttablaðið'' has been described as siding politically with the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin) and for favouring Icelandic membership of the European Union. However, some of its editors have sided with the conservative Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn), and its former editor-in-chief and regular columnist is Independence Party's former leader and Prime Minister Þorsteinn Pálsson. In the period of 2001–20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hringbraut (TV Station)
Hringbraut (, ) is a privately held Icelandic media company that operates an online newspaper, ''hringbraut.is''. It previously operated a television station free to air, non-subscription, reaching 98% of all households in Iceland. Its programming was all in Icelandic, broadcasting 24/7 and in HD. About the media The Icelandic television station Hringbraut (and the station's web) first aired in February 2015. Mr. Sigmundur Ernir Rúnarsson, Editor-in-chief of Hringbraut said that there was a space available on the Icelandic television market, since the station would be being different from what was before in the market. "We believe there is room for a broad and informative talk show Channel, backed up by a diverse website, open to all Iceland's potential, for the benefit of homes and businesses, with experienced staff at the helm." When Hringbraut started, it sent out a press release explaining its policy and purpose:"Hringbraut is a new, diverse and free television and web sit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Docuseries
Television documentaries are televised media productions that screen documentaries. Television documentaries exist either as a television documentary series or as a television documentary film. * Television documentary series, sometimes called docuseries, are television series screened within an ordered collection of two or more televised episodes. * Television documentary films exist as a singular documentary film to be broadcast via a documentary channel or a News broadcasting, news-related channel. Occasionally, documentary films that were initially intended for televised broadcasting may be screened in a Movie theater, cinema. Documentary television rose to prominence during the 1940s, spawning from earlier cinematic documentary filmmaking ventures. Early production techniques were highly inefficient compared to modern recording methods. Early television documentaries typically featured historical, wartime, investigative or event-related subject matter. Contemporary televisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Óttar Sveinsson
Óttar Halldór Sveinsson (born 14 October 1958) is an Icelandic author and former journalist. He is best known for his book series ''Útkall'' where he documents search and rescue missions in Iceland. His first book, ''Útkall Alfa TF-SIF'', about several rescue missions involving the Icelandic Coast Guard The Icelandic Coast Guard (, or simply ) is the Icelandic defence service responsible for search and rescue, maritime safety and security surveillance, national defense, and law enforcement. The Coast Guard maintains the Iceland Air Defence ... helicopter ''Sif'' (TF-SIF), came out in 1995. As of 2022, he has written 29 books. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Sveinsson, Ottar 1958 births Living people Óttar Sveinsson Óttar Sveinsson ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Borgarspítalinn
Borgarspítalinn (English: City Hospital) was an Icelandic hospital located in Fossvogur, Reykjavík from 1967 until 1996 when it merged with St. Jósefsspítali to form Reykjavík Hospital. Reykjavík Hospital then merged with Landspítali in 2000 to form the National University Hospital of Iceland. History The decision to build a city hospital was made by the Reykjavík City Council in 1948 when there was a great shortage of hospital beds in the city, but there were no plans to expand Landspítali. The preparatory committee decided to start building a hospital with 325 beds in Fossvogsdalur. The architects Einar Sveinsson and Gunnar Ólafsson were hired to design the hospital building and they went abroad to study similar structures abroad. Gunnar died in 1959, so Einar finished designing the house alone. The foundation of the hospital was dug in 1952 and concrete work began two years later. Construction took a long time and no doubt played into the fact that at the same time a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morgunblaðið
''Morgunblaðið'' (, ''The Morning Paper'') is an Icelandic daily newspaper. ''Morgunblaðið''s website, mbl.is, is the most popular website in Iceland. It is currently the country's only daily printed newspaper and the newspaper of record. History ''Morgunblaðið'' was founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen and Ólafur Björnsson, brother of Iceland's first president, Sveinn Björnsson. The first issue, only eight pages long, was published on 2 November 1913. On 25 February 1964, the paper first printed a caricature by Sigmúnd Jóhannsson which featured the first landings on Surtsey. He became a permanent cartoonist for ''Morgunblaðið'' in 1975 and worked there until October 2008. In a controversial decision, the owners of the paper decided in September 2009 to appoint Davíð Oddsson, a member of the Independence Party, Iceland's longest-serving Prime Minister and former Governor of the Central Bank, as one of the two editors of the paper. In May 2010, Helgi Sigurðsson w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
RÚV
Ríkisútvarpið (, ; abbr. RÚV ) is Iceland's national public broadcasting, public-service broadcasting organization. Founded in 1930, it operates from studios in the country's capital, Reykjavík, as well as regional centres around the country. RÚV operates an Online newspaper, online news service, which is the fourth most visited website in Iceland. In 2016, 88% of Icelanders consumed RÚV content every week. The service broadcasts an assortment of general programming to a wide national audience via two broadcast radio stations: Rás 1 and Rás 2; and one full-time RÚV (TV channel), television channel of the same name, RÚV. A supplementary, part-time TV channel, RÚV 2 is also broadcast for special events. It also distributes online-only channels and content for children and the elderly. RÚV is funded by a flat Earmark (politics), earmarked government tax collected from every income tax payer, as well as from on-air Television advertisement, advertising. All of RÚV's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reykjavík
Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the world's northernmost capital of a sovereign state. Reykjavík has a population of around 139,000 as of 2025. The surrounding Capital Region (Iceland), Capital Region has a population of around 249,000, constituting around 64% of the country's population. Reykjavík is believed to be the location of the first permanent settlement in Iceland, which, according to , was established by Ingólfr Arnarson, Ingólfur Arnarson in 874 Anno Domini, AD. Until the 18th century, there was no urban development in the city location. The city was officially founded in 1786 as a trading town and grew steadily over the following decades, as it transformed into a regional and later Country, national centre of commerce, population, and governmental activities. Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljósufjöll
Ljósufjöll () is a fissure vent system and central volcano on the Snæfellsnes Peninsula in Iceland. The name derives from the central volcano and translates into English as "Mountains of the Light". Geography The volcanic system has a length of about and a maximum width at its eastern end of about . The north-western part of the Ljósufjöll volcanic system has hyaloclastite hills and lava flows about wide. This progresses into the ridge like central volcano with its highest peak of . The fissure swarm widens to the south-east and extends towards the Haffjarðará river and the town of Bifröst at the eastern base of the peninsula. Geology The volcanic system is part of the Snæfellsnes volcanic belt (zone). This is an intra-plate volcanic zone less than 3.3 million years old, erupting through of crust at Ljósufjöll. The belt has relatively low geothermal gradients for Iceland at about and erupts alkalic to transitional basalts, with the Ljósufjöll system tendi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
