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| China tourists found dead by 1973 Iceland plane crash site | China tourists found dead by 1973 Iceland plane crash site |
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| Two Chinese nationals in their early 20s have been found dead at the site of a 1973 plane crash in southern Iceland. | |
| Police said the man and the woman were found near the Sólheimasandur crash site, which draws tourists. | |
| A police spokesman told the BBC a post-mortem would take place early next week to establish the causes of death. | A police spokesman told the BBC a post-mortem would take place early next week to establish the causes of death. |
| Officers had not found any signs of a "criminal act" by a third party, he said, adding that the bodies showed signs of hypothermia. | Officers had not found any signs of a "criminal act" by a third party, he said, adding that the bodies showed signs of hypothermia. |
| In 1973, a US military plane ran out of fuel and crash-landed on the beach at Sólheimasandur. No-one was killed. | In 1973, a US military plane ran out of fuel and crash-landed on the beach at Sólheimasandur. No-one was killed. |
| The fuselage of the plane still rests at the site, and has become a tourist attraction. | The fuselage of the plane still rests at the site, and has become a tourist attraction. |
| According to a police statement (in Icelandic), officers were first called to the scene on Thursday after people found a woman's body off a footpath leading to the crashed plane. Officers found the man's body a short distance away about two hours later. | According to a police statement (in Icelandic), officers were first called to the scene on Thursday after people found a woman's body off a footpath leading to the crashed plane. Officers found the man's body a short distance away about two hours later. |
| A car thought to have been rented by the couple was found in the site's car park. China's embassy has been informed of their deaths, the statement said. | A car thought to have been rented by the couple was found in the site's car park. China's embassy has been informed of their deaths, the statement said. |
| Jóhannes Thór Skúlason, head of the Icelandic Tourism Association, told Icelandic news site Ruv that his group worked with hotels and car rental agencies to warn tourists of bad weather. | Jóhannes Thór Skúlason, head of the Icelandic Tourism Association, told Icelandic news site Ruv that his group worked with hotels and car rental agencies to warn tourists of bad weather. |
| "We have been lucky in the explosion of the tourism industry in recent years, although there are a few events of this kind that we have had to deal with," he said. | "We have been lucky in the explosion of the tourism industry in recent years, although there are a few events of this kind that we have had to deal with," he said. |
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