Emergency landing on Holtavoerduheidi

7 July 2008
On the afternoon of June 30th a small private plane emergency landed on Holtavörduheidi as the UNU-GTP Fellows were headed north on the annual excursion to North Iceland. The plane landed due to complete motor stop for unknown reasons. UNU-GTP Fellows aided the pilot in moving the plane to secure grounds and provided a seat on the bus for the pasenger on the plane who was headed north to Blönduós.


UNU-GTP Fellows getting off the bus in order to help the pilot manoeuvre the plane.



The plane is turned unto highway 1.



The plane is on course to secure grounds. From left: Gezahegn, Gaoxuan, Abdulsalam, Wei, the pilot, Orlando and Ahmed.