Holta is a small farming village in the municipality of
Strand in
Rogaland
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county,
Norway
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. The farm is situated on the northern hills overlooking the lake
Bjørheimsvatn. It is approximately northeast of the village of
Tau
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and about south of the village of
Fiskå. The
city of Stavanger lies about southwest of Holta (via the
Ryfylke Tunnel that goes under a large fjord).
On 9 August 1961, the
Holtaheia Accident took place as a
Vickers VC.1 Viking passenger aeroplane, G-AHPM operated by
Cunard Eagle Airways, transporting schoolboys from
The Archbishop Lanfranc School in
Thornton Heath
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,
London
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, crashed into the mountainside above the farm (Holtaheia). A total of 34 students, two teachers and three crew members were killed.
References
Villages in Rogaland
Strand, Norway
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