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| | Summary | | Date | December 12, 1985 | | Type | mid-air explosion | | Site | Gander, Newfoundland | | Fatalities | 256 | | Injuries | 0 | | Aircraft | | Aircraft type | McDonnell Douglas DC-8 | | Operator | Arrow Air | | Tail number | N950JW | | Passengers | 248 | | Crew | 8 | | Survivors | 0 | Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 registered N950JW. On December 12, 1985, the aircraft was chartered to carry U.S. servicemen from a six-month stay in the Sinai, where they had served in the Multinational Force and Observers peacekeeping force, back to Fort Campbell, Kentucky. December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ...
The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined jet airliner, manufactured between 1959 and 1972. ...
Arrow Air (IATA: JW, ICAO: APW, and Callsign: Big A) is a cargo airline based in Miami, Florida. ...
DC-10, retired from American Airlines fleet at gate McDonnell Douglas was a major American aerospace manufacturer, producing a number of famous commercial and military aircraft. ...
The Douglas DC-8 is a four-engined jet airliner, manufactured between 1959 and 1972. ...
December 12 is the 346th day (347th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 19 days remaining. ...
1985 (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 For other uses of the word Sinai, please see: Sinai (disambiguation). ...
The Multinational Force and Observers (MFO) is an international peacekeeping force. ...
Fort Campbell is a United States Army installation located between Hopkinsville, Kentucky and Clarksville, Tennessee and is home to the 101st Airborne Division. ...
Official language(s) English[1] Capital Frankfort Largest city Louisville Area Ranked 37th - Total 40,444 sq mi (104,749 km²) - Width 140 miles (225 km) - Length 379 miles (610 km) - % water 1. ...
Around 6:45 in the morning, Flight 1285 took off from Gander International Airport in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada bound for Kentucky. Shortly after take-off, the aircraft experienced an increase in drag and reduction in lift, which resulted in a low-altitude stall from which recovery was impossible (according to the Canadian Aviation Safety Board). The aircraft then crashed to the ground, creating a fire that burned for four hours. Gander International Airport (IATA: YQX, ICAO: CYQX) is located in Gander, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and is currently run by the Gander Airport Authority. ...
Gander is a Canadian town located in northeastern part of the island of Newfoundland in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador, approximately 40 kilometres south of Gander Bay, a little over 100 kilometres from the town of Twillingate and 90 kilometres east of Grand Falls. ...
Motto: Quaerite Prime Regnum Dei (Latin: Seek ye first the kingdom of God) Official languages English Flower Pitcher Plant Tree Black Spruce Bird Atlantic Puffin Capital St. ...
In aerodynamics, a stall is a condition in which an excessive angle of attack causes loss of lift due to disruption of airflow. ...
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (formerly: Canadian Aviation Safety Board) is the independent Canadian government agency responsible for transportation safety across Canada. ...
The nine-member Safety Board was nearly split on the matter of the probable cause of the accident. The five-member majority supported the official report which concluded that the cause of the sequence leading up to the stall and crash could not be determined, with icing a possibility. The four-member minority opinion, however, was that the crash was possibly caused by detonations of unknown origin in a cargo compartment which led to an in-flight fire and loss of control of the aircraft:
- ". . We cannot agree — indeed, we categorically disagree — with the majority findings . . . The evidence shows that the Arrow Air DC-8 suffered an on-board fire and a massive loss of power before it crashed . . . The fire may have been associated with an in-flight detonation from an explosive or incendiary device."
256 people died: 248 U.S. servicemen and 8 crew. That death toll constituted the deadliest plane crash in Canada (and remains so to date in 2006),[1] and the highest death toll on any day for the U.S. armed forces since World War II, even including combat losses, the greatest of which occurred in 1983, after the Marine barracks bombing in Beirut. For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
Combatants Allied Powers: United Kingdom France Soviet Union United States Republic of China and others Axis Powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Winston Churchill Charles de Gaulle Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Chiang Kai-Shek Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tojo Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33...
1983 (MCMLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The 1983 barracks bombing was a major terrorist incident during the Lebanese Civil War. ...
For other uses, see Beirut (disambiguation). ...
Those servicemen who died were from the following divisions: all but 12 were members of the 3d Battalion, 502d Infantry, and 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault); 11 were from other Forces Command units; and one was a CID agent from the Criminal Investigations Command. The 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault)—nicknamed the “Screaming Eaglesâ€â€”is an airborne division of the United States Army primarily trained for air assault operations. ...
There is a memorial to the 256 victims at the crash site overlooking Gander Lake in Newfoundland. Gander Lake is located in the central part of the Canadian island of Newfoundland. ...
For other uses, see Newfoundland (disambiguation). ...
References
- ^ Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved on 2006-10-22.
For the Manfred Mann album, see 2006 (album). ...
October 22 is the 295th day of the year (296th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 70 days remaining. ...
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