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The plane crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, on 9 December 1956 after encountering severe icing and turbulence over the mountains. All 62 people on board died, making it one of the deadliest airline crashes ever as of that date; [2]: 146 it still ranks as the sixth deadliest air disaster in Canadian history. [1]
Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was a scheduled domestic flight from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, to Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada, via Prince George, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson and Watson Lake on July 8, 1965. The Douglas DC-6B plane crashed near 100 Mile House, British Columbia, taking the lives of all 52 aboard.
Aviation accidents and incidents that took place in Canada Subcategories. ... 1950 British Columbia B-36 crash; C. Carson Air Flight 66; 2010 Conair CV-580 crash;
The US Code of Federal Regulations defines an accident as "an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft, which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage;" an incident as "an occurrence ...
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).
Britannia Beach, British Columbia 37 1954 Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 9: Mid-air collision Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan 36 1952 Northwest Orient Airlines Flight 324: Plane crash Sandspit, British Columbia 36 1746 Battle at Port-la-Joye: Battle Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst, Prince Edward Island: 35 1959 1959 Escuminac hurricane: Hurricane
(Reuters) -Six people were killed after a small plane carrying global miner Rio Tinto's workers crashed near Fort Smith in Canada's remote Northwest Territories (NWT) on Tuesday, the NWT Coroner ...
Carson Air Flight 66 was a Swearingen Metro II turboprop aircraft on a domestic cargo flight from Vancouver to Prince George, both in British Columbia, Canada. On 13 April 2015, the aircraft crashed into a mountain en route to Prince George Airport, killing both crew members.