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On that day, the Air Canada aircraft registered C-FTLU took off from Houston Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas and was scheduled to make two stops: making the first at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, it was meant to make a second at Toronto International Airport (now Toronto Pearson International Airport) in Mississauga, Ontario. The DC-9 was bound for Dorval Airport (now Montréal-Trudeau International Airport) near Montreal, Quebec. George Bush Intercontinental Airport is twenty miles north of downtown Houston, Texas, USA. The airport is Texass second largest air facility, after the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. ... Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, located between the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, is the busiest airport in Texas and third busiest airport in the world in terms of operations. ... Nickname: Motto: Pride in our past, Faith in our future Location of Mississauga in the Regional Municipality of Peel in the province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country  Canada Province  Ontario Region Peel Established 1968, as a town Incorporated 1974, as a city Government  - City Mayor Hazel McCallion  - Local government Mississauga City... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (well-being through harmony) Coordinates: , Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Official languages French Government - Lieutenant-Governor Pierre Duchesne - Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 75 - Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area  Ranked 2nd - Total 1,542,056 km² (595...

Donald Cameron was the captain and Claude Ouimet, first officer. While flying over Louisville, Kentucky, an in-flight fire began in or around the rear lavatory of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32. Investigators were unable to determine the cause or exact point of origin for the fire. “Louisville” redirects here. ... Flush toilet A toilet is a plumbing fixture devised for the disposal of bodily wastes, including urine, feces, methane, semen and vomit. ... The Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engined jet airliner, first manufactured in 1965 and, in much modified form and under a succession of different names. ...

Cameron and Ouimet made an emergency landing at the Greater Cincinnati Airport (now Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport), located in Boone County, Kentucky near Cincinnati, Ohio. During the evacuation, the aircraft doors were opened, causing an influx of air that fueled the fire. 23 of the 41 passengers died from smoke inhalation and a flash fire. An emergency landing is a non-planned landing made by an aircraft in response to a crisis. ... Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (IATA: CVG, ICAO: KCVG) is located in Hebron, Boone County, Kentucky, United States and serves the Greater Cincinnati metropolitan area. ... Boone County is a county located in the state of Kentucky. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Smoke from a wildfire Smoke is the airborne solid and liquid particulates and gases evolved when a material undergoes pyrolysis or combustion, together with the quantity of air that is entrained or otherwise mixed into the mass. ... A flash fire is an unexpected, sudden intense fire caused by ignition of flammable solids, liquids or their vapors, gases, or dust. ...

There were no fatalities among the five crew members.

Though all of its DC-9s have been retired, Air Canada still uses the flight number today on its Montréal-Los Angeles route.

Notable passengers

• Stan Rogers was a Canadian folk singer, known for songs like "Northwest Passage", "The Mary Ellen Carter", "Song of the Candle", and "Barrett's Privateers". He was going home on Flight 797 after attending the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. He died in the fire at the age of 33, reportedly while helping other passengers to safety.
• Also on board was Curtis Mathes Jr., founder of the electronics company that bears his name. He died in the fire.^[1]

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Aftermath

As a result of this accident and other incidents of in flight fires on passenger aircraft, the Safety Board issued several recommendations to the FAA including Safety Recommendation A-83-70 which asked the FAA to expedite actions to require smoke detectors in lavatories; Safety Recommendation A-83-71 which asked the FAA to require the installation of automatic fire extinguishers adjacent to and in lavatory waste receptacles and other related recommendations. In addition Air carriers were to review fire training procedures and amend those that did not take aggressive actions to determine the source and severity of suspected cabin fires, including emergency descents for landing or ditching.

This 1983 accident is, as of 2007, Air Canada's most recent fatal accident.

However, 24 people died in the Air Ontario Flight 1363 crash in Dryden Ontario Canada, on March 10th 1989. Air Ontario was a subsidiary of Air Canada at the time. It later became “Air Canada Regional” in 2001, then in 2002 became “Air Canada Jazz” as it remains today This article needs to be wikified. ...

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References

1. ^ The Fire Within Flight 797. Time (June 13, 1983). Retrieved on 2007-07-16.

• NTSB full accident report
• NTSB brief DCA83AA028

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External links

• A photo of the burning airliner