Luxembourg – Reykjavik – New York

On September 14, 1950 at 12:00 AM, Luxembourg – Reykjavik – New York experienced a crash involving Douglas C-54 Skymaster, operated by Loftleidir Icelandic Airlines, with the event recorded near Vatnajökull Eastern Region (Austurland).

The flight was categorized as cargo and the reported phase was flight at a mountains 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: 6, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

While flying at an altitude of 6,000 feet, the four engine aircraft christened 'Geysir' hit the northwest slope of the Vatnajökull glacier, in the southeast part of Iceland. As the airplane failed to arrive, SAR operations were conducted but due to poor weather conditions, the wreckage was spotted four days later only . As the crash site was difficult to reach, the first rescuers arrived on site two days later, on September 20. The aircraft was destroyed but all six crew members survived because the cargo turned out to contain expensive furs and Swiss chocolate. The crew was performing a cargo flight from Luxembourg to New York with an intermediate stop in Reykjavik.

Aircraft reference details include registration TF-RVC, MSN 27240, year of manufacture 1944.