According to the Faroese newspaper Dimmalætting, the aircraft was 20 years old, and was the first one purchased by Atlantic Airways in 1988.
The paper's name comes from Venceslaus Ulricus Hammershaimb, the very creator of the modern orthography of Faroese.
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Dimmalætting (Faroese for "Dawn") is the oldest and largest newspaper of the Faroe Islands and is based in Tórshavn.
In February 2008, readers of Dimmalætting, the oldest and most acclaimed newspaper of the Faroe Islands, voted Let Your Scars Dance as Album of The Year.