page_title: Kangerlussuaq Airport
section_title: Accidents and Incidents
hierarchical_section_title: Kangerlussuaq Airport / Accidents and Incidents
caption_attribution_description: Wreckage of a Lockhead T-33 on road near Kangerlussuaq airport, Greenland. During a whiteout, three planes crashed in 1968. This is the wreckage of one of them, simply left by the roadside. All pilots ejected and were found safe and well.
context_page_description: Kangerlussuaq Airport is an airport in Kangerlussuaq, a settlement in the Qeqqata municipality in central-western Greenland. Alongside Narsarsuaq Airport, it is one of only two civilian airports in Greenland large enough to handle large airliners. It is located away from the coast and hence less prone to fog and wind in comparison with other airports in Greenland. Kangerlussuaq Airport is the international hub for Air Greenland. The Kangerlussuaq area has very few inhabitants, so few passengers have their origin or destination here; most passengers change planes.
context_section_description: In 1961, a DHC-3 Otter, operated by Greenlandair, crashed at emergency landing in terrain near Kangerlussuaq, because of a fire on board. One crew member was killed. There were 2 crew and 4 passengers on board.
  In 1968, three US T-33 jet trainers crashed into a nearby mountain. All on board (one per plane) survived by parachute.
  In 1976, a US Air Force C-141A cargo plane crashed, killing 23 of 27 passengers and crew on board.
caption: Wreckage of a T-33 jet trainer
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