A wee adventure (side quest) I did while I was driving from Berlin to Barcelona. I camped near here the night before and came to check it out the next morning. The surroundings are crazy beautiful: the site is located north of Girona in the mountains, full of oak forest and incredible views.
The site itself is a pretty decent hike from where I parked the van. It’s possible to drive closer but the track gets a bit hairy and I’ve already been rescued by the Bosnian fire brigade and the Turkish army so really couldn’t be bothered risking any more embarrassment. The plane is surrounded by trees about the same age as the crash itself and it’s extremely eerie, but so peaceful. The tail is intact and part of the fin moves in the wind, making a very ominous creaking sound. You can climb around the tail fin on one side and get a really good look at what’s left.
The plane crashed in 1986 while fighting a forest fire. There were four people on board and they all died: so it was an awful tragedy and a terrible accident. They would all probably still be alive now if it never happened, which is pretty sobering to think about. There’s a memorial plaque on a rock nearby which has all of their names on it: and I think the wreckage of the plane is a pretty sweet memorial, too. The forest has grown all around the remains of the plane and I think it’s nicer to leave it here in nature as a place people can remember, as opposed to taking it away.
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