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Wreckage from Arrow Air Flight 1285R in storage at a Gander Airport hangar on 16 December 1985. The aircraft, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF, was chartered to carry U.S. Army personnel, all but 12 of them members of the 101st Airborne Division, back to their base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Tarrant Tabor F1765 after its crash in 1919. ... List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2000–2009) List of accidents and incidents involving ...
On October 3, 1946, an American Overseas Airlines (AOA) Douglas C-54 aircraft named Flagship New England crashed soon after take-off from Stephenville, Newfoundland, killing all 39 people on board. It was, at the time, the deadliest aircraft crash on Newfoundland soil. [1]
The crash site of the DC-4 on Newfoundland. On 21 February 1941, three people were killed when a Lockheed L-14 Super Electra/Hudson departing from Gander crashed near Musgrave Harbour after both of the plane's engines failed. The fatalities include Sir Frederick Grant Banting who died of wounds and exposure.
A Sabena DC-4-1009 (OO-CBG) crashed on approach to Gander, Newfoundland on a flight from Brussels to New York City via Shannon and Gander. Twenty-seven were killed out of 44 aboard. [28] The crash and the subsequent search and rescue operation are documented in the book "Charlie Baker George" by Frank F. Tibbo. 3 October 1946
U.S. Coast Guard, local, state and federal agencies respond to an aircraft collision in Washington D.C., January 30, 2025. ©Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles | U.S. Coast Guard photo
In memory of the twenty four members of the Royal Canadian Air Force who lost their lives in the crash of the Liberator Harry bomber on Montagne Noire on 20 October 1943 [15] On 15 June 2013, to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the accident, a ceremony was held at the site with military music and flyovers of a CF-18 from the RCAF. In ...
At 0410 hrs. at a hill near Burgoyne's Cove, inland from Nut Cove, Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, with sleet, fog, freezing drizzle, and visibility estimated at less than 1 ⁄ 8-mile (0.20 km), the plane struck an 896-foot (273 m) hill at 800 feet (240 m) with a ground speed of 202 knots (374 km/h). The aircraft's propellers severed the tops of ...