Sólheimasandur plane wreck

The Sólheimasandur plane wreck is the fuselage of a US Navy C-117, a military version of the Douglas DC-3, that made a forced landing on the black sand plain of Sólheimasandur on 21 November 1973 after icing; all seven crew survived. It lies about 18 km west of Vík and is reached on a 4 km walk from the car park on Route 1; the track has been closed to cars since 2016.

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