flight code was changed to Flight 267V to reflect this. The aircraft had a flight crew of four, of which one of the two flight attendants was under training. Thirty-nine passengers boarded the aircraft in Stockholm, including one child and three members of Parliament. It departed Bromma at 19:46. It cruised at an altitude of 3,600 meters (12,000 ft). While en route, increasing fog was observed at Halmstad and the meteorologist at Ängelholm recommended that the aircraft bypass Halmstad and fly directly to Ängelholm. Ängelholm–Helsingborg Airport was primarily a military air station, denoted F 10 Ängelholm. Because of this its instrument landing system was configured significantly different from most civilian airports. The runway's two radio beacons, LJ and J, were located at unusual distances from normal. LJ was situated from the runway threshold instead of the normal and J was located at instead of the normal . Also, the approach lighting system's strobeacon was located from and starboard of the runway's center line, but this light was not indicated on the instrument, approach and landing chart. Therefore, any aircraft which would pass beacon and aimed for the approach light would be aligned to land right of the runway. Ängelholm was experiencing rain and visibility between . The cloud base was only . The crew considered diverting to another suitable location, such as Malmö Bulltofta Airport and Copenhagen Airport, or even returning to Stockholm, but upon reaching Halmstad the pilots chose to make a direct approach to Ängelholm runway 14 using visual flight rules. Given the weather conditions this was a highly unusual landing plan: normal procedure would be to turn northwest and carry out an instrument approach instead. Accident Ängelholm tower contacted the flight crew at 20:57 and issued the latest weather report, which was for a slight clearing. At 21:08 the pilots confirmed that they were at an altitude of 600 meters (2,000 ft) and that they were aiming for LJ. The tower informed the pilots that they had lit a strobeacon, which was (incorrectly) said to be located on the runway center line, from the threshold (it was actually 110m off center, to the right). At 21:13:10 the tower commenced directing the flight of the aircraft, asking it to fly to the left, as the air traffic controller could see it was off course. The last transmission from the aircraft was made at 21:13:47. The aircraft was off