Holta

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Holta
Village

A cross marking the crash site near Holta. The plaque reads "In memory of those who died here 9 August 1961. 34 English school boys, their two teachers and the three crew members. Erected by friends in Rogaland".
Holta

Location in Rogaland county

Coordinates: 59°05′15″N 06°01′40″E / 59.08750°N 6.02778°E / 59.08750; 6.02778Coordinates: 59°05′15″N 06°01′40″E / 59.08750°N 6.02778°E / 59.08750; 6.02778
Country Norway
Region Western Norway
County Rogaland
District Ryfylke
Municipality Strand
Elevation[1] 242 m (794 ft)
Time zone CET (UTC+01:00)
 • Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+02:00)
Post Code 4120 Tau

Holta is a small farming village in the municipality of Strand in Rogaland county, Norway. The farm is situated on the northern hills overlooking the lake Bjørheimsvatn. It is approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) northeast of the village of Tau and about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) south of the village of Fiskå. The city of Stavanger lies about 25 kilometres (16 mi) southwest of Holta (across 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, London, crashed into the mountainside above the farm (Holtaheia). A total of 34 students, two teachers and three crew members were killed.

References

  1. ↑ "Holta, Strand (Rogaland)" (in Norwegian). yr.no. Retrieved 2016-02-05.


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