Chinese tourists found dead by 1973 Iceland plane crash site

[TomSea]

Chinese tourists found dead by 1973 Iceland plane crash site

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.

Read more at: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-51152831

There is an image of this old wreck site at the link. We generally don't use Getty images and it is their image.

So, I'm still reading this, surely this is something like exposure, hypothermia. Not a good time to try and go to this place.
 

[Smokin Joe]

There is an image of this old wreck site at the link. We generally don't use Getty images and it is their image.

So, I'm still reading this, surely this is something like exposure, hypothermia. Not a good time to try and go to this place.

There are places on the planet where the weather will kill you, given a chance.
This appears to be such an incident.

[PeteS in CA]

Farther down the OP article:

Officers had not found any signs of a "criminal act" by a third party, he said, adding that the bodies showed signs of hypothermia.
...
The plane is far off the beaten track. A sign at the nearest car park on the main road warns that it can take slow walkers up to two hours to reach the plane, and another two hours for them to get back.

A rolled or sprained ankle would have worsened their situation.

[Smokin Joe]

Farther down the OP article:

A rolled or sprained ankle would have worsened their situation.

I wonder what the temperatures and wind chills were where they were walking? Even in relatively warm temperatures, (30s above zero) add a 15-20 MPH wind and the poorly dressed get very cold, very quickly.