West Palm Beach – Bedford – Goose Bay – Keflavik

On October 11, 1987 at 06:52 PM, West Palm Beach – Bedford – Goose Bay – Keflavik experienced a crash involving Dassault Falcon 20, operated by Drenair, with the event recorded near Keflavik Southern Peninsula (Suðurnes).

The flight was categorized as delivery and the reported phase was flight at a lake, sea, ocean, river crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 6 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 0.0%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Recently purchased by the Spanish operator Drenair, the aircraft departed West Palm Beach, Florida, on a delivery flight to Spain, carrying four passengers and two pilots. After a fuel stop in Bedford, Massachusetts, and Goose Bay, Newfoundland, the aircraft continued to Keflavik, Iceland. While approaching Keflavik, the crew declared an emergency due to fuel exhaustion, informed ATC about his position and ditched the aircraft approximately 70 km southwest of Keflavik. All six occupants were quickly rescued by the crew of a helicopter while the aircraft sank and was lost.

Aircraft reference details include registration EC-EFI, MSN 189, year of manufacture 1969.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 63.9985°, -22.5816°.