In 1970, the Icelandair passenger airplane FI 704 crashed into the highest peak of the island of Mykines in Faroe Islands. The captain and 7 passengers, all seated on the left side of the plane, were killed. 26 passengers and the rest of the crew survived, some with serious injuries. Three passengers hiked for an hour to reach Mykines village to alert the authorities. Most of the villagers went up the mountain to aid the survivors before the arrival of the Danish patrol vessel F348 Hvidbjørnen.