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  2. Air Canada Flight 797 - Wikipedia

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    The aircraft involved was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32, MSN 47196, originally registered as CF-TLU, that was manufactured in 1968 and was delivered to Air Canada on April 7. . It had logged 36825 airframe hours and 34987 takeoff and landing cycles and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney JT8D-7B engin

  3. Flight 797 - Wikipedia

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    Flight 797 may refer to: Air Canada Flight 797 , 1983 flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Montréal; an in-flight fire killed 23 passengers Varig Flight 797 , 1987 flight from Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; plane crashed killing 50 of 51 onboard

  4. Stan Rogers - Wikipedia

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    Stanley Allison Rogers (November 29, 1949 – June 2, 1983) [1] was a Canadian folk musician and songwriter who sang traditional-sounding songs frequently inspired by Canadian history and the working people's daily lives, especially from the fishing villages of the Maritime provinces and, later, the farms of the Canadian prairies and Great Lakes. [2]

  5. Category:Air Canada accidents and incidents - Wikipedia

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    About Wikipedia; Contact us; Contribute Help; Learn to edit; Community portal; Recent changes; ... Air Canada Flight 797; Air Canada masked stowaway case; G. Gimli Glider

  6. Talk:Air Canada Flight 797 - Wikipedia

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    Miami Herald, The (FL) - Saturday, June 4, 1983 TV-SET MANUFACTURER DIED ON HIS WAY HOME FROM BUSINESS SESSION "Curtis Mathes Jr., chairman of a Texas-based television manufacturer, was among the 23 victims who died aboard the Air Canada flight that caught fire en route from Dallas-Fort Worth to Toronto, relatives said. Mathes, 54, son of the ...

  7. List of Mayday episodes - Wikipedia

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    On 2 June 1983, a fire breaks out on Air Canada Flight 797's toilet. An emergency landing is made in Cincinnati, but the aircraft is engulfed by flames on the runway due to a flashover caused by the opening of the aircraft's doors after the landing, killing 23 people, including musician Stan Rogers. The origin of the fire could not be ...

  8. In-flight fire - Wikipedia

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    The aftermath of the fire onboard Air Canada Flight 797. In aviation, an in-flight fire is a type of aviation accident where an aircraft catches on fire in-flight. They are considered one of the most dangerous hazards in aviation, with a report from the British Civil Aviation Authority showing that after a fire on an aircraft starts, flight crews only have on average 17 minutes to land their ...

  9. File:Air Canada Flight 797 seat injury chart.svg - Wikipedia

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    English: Air Canada Flight 797 seat injury chart (in English), traced from chart on page 37 of NTSB report AAR-86/02 / PB86-910402. Français : Plan des blessures des sièges du vol Air Canada 797 (en anglais) - Référence: Page 37, rapport final du Conseil national de la sécurité des transports (NTSB) AAR-86/02 / PB86-910402.