The Flugfélag Íslands aircraft was on its way to Vágar Airport, making a pass over Mykines before crashing into the highest peak of the island.

Most of the villagers went up the mountain to aid the survivors before the arrival of the Danish patrol vessel F348 Hvidbjørnen [da].

[3][4] The aircraft was a Fokker F27 Friendship, registered TF-FIL and jointly owned by Flugfélag Íslands and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS).

[1] The cause of the accident was that Flight 704 began the descent through cloud procedure from a starting point other than over "MY" NDB.

During this procedure the aircraft hit close to the highest point of Mykines at an altitude of about 1500 ft.