Agency demands Norway clean-up crash site
Published: 11 Jun 12 12:05 CET | Print version
Online: http://www.thelocal.se/41370/20120611/
Sweden’s National Property Board (Statens Fastighetsverk, SFV) that owns the land on Kebnekaise where the Norwegian Hercules plane went down in March is demanding that the Swedish government asks Norway clear up the mess caused by the crash.
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The aircraft went missing when it was on its way from Evenes in northern Norway to Kiruna in the far north of Sweden on March 15th.
At the time, the Hercules was participating in the Cold Response military training exercise taking place over northern Norway which was scheduled to run from March 12th to March 21st and included 16,000 soldiers from 15 countries.
Two days later, wreckage as well as body parts from the five deceased crew members, were found on the east and west sides of the Kebnekaise Massive at an altitude of more than 1,500 metres.
The salvage work has taken some time but the area is still in need of a clear-up from debris and other equipment.
Also, despite the fact that quite a large amount of aircraft fuel leaked out over the mountain area, the County Administrative Board (Länsstyrelsen) didn’t think that any acute environmental measures had to be taken to clean up the spill at the time.
And after speaking to the Norwegian Armed Forces the agency has concluded that the demand for a Norwegian sanitization project should be addressed to the Norwegian embassy in Stockholm, and needs to come from the Swedish government rather than one of its agencies.
“SFV therefore requests that the government propose to the Norwegian state that they take the necessary steps to sanitize the area of the crash site on Kebnekaise to the purpose of clearing the area of wreckage, equipment and potential environmental hazards,” the agency wrote.
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Norwegians will not be amused by this nonsense. What were the names of the people at SVF who suggested this; they should be moved to less demanding duties.
This is an area where you just drink directly from the stream. No filtering needed! The water coming out of the glacier was incredible to drink!
It may already be too late! If those fluids have leaked down through to the bottom of the glacier, I cannot see how they will get it back out.
@RobinHood makes no sense at all because this mess needs to be cleaned up YESTERDAY and it costs money to do it! Yes people are dead but that does not negate the fact that one of the most pristine places on the planet and one of the most studied glaciers in the world are in danger from the fallout of this crash.
After all this time, I am shocked that the cleanup has not been completed!
What @skogsbo fails to understand and therefore under-estimates is that there are NO ROADS that even come close to the site! There is a research station there that was built by Swedish Military helicopters flying in everything needed to build the station. There are already helicopter landing pads at the research station but the ENTIRE cleanup has to be carried out by helicopter - and the last time I checked helicopters are EXTREMELY EXPENSIVE to operate!
Yes the aircraft owners and the insurance companies absolutely need to get involved!
I can't believe it does not get cleaned up and the bill is sent to the owners. Then again it would be nice if the Norwegian military sent some heavy lift helicopters to help with the cleanup.