course and at too low an altitude. This was discovered by the pilots prior to impact and they attempted to pull the aircraft up, but hit a field with its starboard wing tip and landing gear. It succeeded at ascending slightly, but continued to fly nearly at ground level. Eighty meters (260 ft) later it collided with the overhead lines of the West Coast Railway Line, knocking off two concrete posts. It continued for another before hitting ground, at which point it inverted. It slid for another before coming to a halt, from a house. Fire broke out in some of the wreck parts, although not in the main section of fuselage. Thirty-one people on board were killed, including both the pilots. Three of the survivors were not injured, including the flight attendants. Some of the survivors were able to free themselves and each other and walk out of the fuselage. Most were hanging in their seat belts, wedged in by the wreckage. The fire departments in Ängelholm and Vejbystrand arrived at the scene eleven minutes after the crash and started freeing the survivors. The airport's rescue service was on the scene seventeen minutes after the accident. Nine people were seriously injured and were brought to the field hospital at the air base. The survivors were generally seated in the aft of the cabin. One of the passengers had brought their cat along in a cage on the flight, and it survived the accident. Investigation An ad hoc investigation was appointed and later that night a Douglas DC-3 of officials and experts from the airline and the CAA were dispatched to Ängelholm. The commission carried out test flights to Ängelholm and concluded that it was fully possible for the pilot to mistake the strobeacon for the centerline lights, though the finding was not conclusive as the two types of lighting are still somewhat distinctive. Linjeflyg pilots reported that they had previously made the same mistake, but that the issue had otherwise always been detected and they had corrected their course, landing safely. A quarter of Linjeflyg's pilots were not aware of the strobeacon. During the investigation there was a large media coverage of a dispute between the Swedish Airline Pilots Association (SPF) and the Swedish Air Traffic Controllers Association (SFTF). The former accused the F 10 air traffic control for not following correct civil aviation procedures. SFTF responded by an