35 years ago today, Air Canada Flight 143 (C-GAUN) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Montreal-Dorval International to Edmonton International Airport with a stopover at Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, Canada. The Boeing 767-233 was carrying 61 passengers and 8 crew members. C-GAUN taxiing at San Francisco International Airport in 1985. ACCIDENT The cockpit crew…
35 years ago today, Air Canada Flight 797 (C-FTLU) was an international passenger flight operating from Dallas/Fort International Airport, Texas to Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, Canada with an intermediate stop at Toronto Pearson International Airport. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 was carrying 41 passengers & 5 crew members. C-FTLU, the accident aircraft involved ACCIDENT The cockpit crew…
45 years ago today, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 (T-571) was a scheduled flight from Carrasco International Airport, Montevideo in Uruguay to Pudahuel Airport, Santiago in Chile with a stopover at Mendoza International Airport in Argentina. The Fairchild FH-227D was carrying 40 passengers & 5 crew members. T-571, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT The cockpit crew of Uruguayan…
40 years ago today, KLM Flight 4805 (PH-BUF) was a scheduled passenger flight from Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, Netherlands to Las Palmas de Gran Canaria Airport, Canary Islands. The Boeing 747-206B named Rijn (Rhine) was carrying 234 passengers & 14 crew members. PH-BUF, the accident aircraft involved. The second aircraft involved, Pan American World Airways Flight…
10 years ago today, Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 200 (PK-GZC) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport to Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport, Indonesia. The Boeing 737-497 was carrying 133 passengers & 7 crew members. PK-GZC, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT The cockpit crew of Garuda Indonesia Airways Flight 200 consisted of Captain Marwoto Komar…
10 years ago today, Adam Air Flight 172 (PK-KKV) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Soekarno-Hatta International Airport in Jakarta, Indonesia to Juanda International Airport in Surabaya, Indonesia. The Boeing 737-33A was carrying 143 passengers & 6 crew members. PK-KKV, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT Adam Air Flight 172 was on descent to…
32 years ago today, China Airlines Flight 006 (N4522V) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport in Taipei, Taiwan to Los Angeles International Airport in California, United States. The Boeing 747SP-09 was carrying 251 passengers & 23 crew members. N4522V seen at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, Netherlands in March 1984. ACCIDENT The…
35 years ago today, Japan Airlines Flight 350 (JA8061) was a scheduled passenger flight from Fukuoka Airport, Japan to Haneda Airport, Japan. The McDonnell Douglas DC-8-61 was carrying 166 passengers & 8 crew members. JA8061, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT The cockpit crew of Japan Airlines Flight 350 consisted of Captain Seiji Katagiri, 35. First…
21 years ago today, Birgenair Flight 301 (TC-GEN) was a flight chartered by Turkish-management Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Gregorio Luperón Int’l Airport in Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic to Frankfurt Airport, Germany with stopovers in Gander, Canada and Berlin, Germany. The Boeing 757-225 was carrying 176 passengers & 13 crew members. TC-GEN, the accident aircraft involved…
45 years ago today, JAT Yugoslav Airlines Flight 367 (YU-AHT) was a scheduled passenger flight from Stockholm-Arlanda Airport, Sweden to Belgrade Airport, Yugoslavia with a stopover at Copenhagen, Denmark and Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 was carrying 23 passengers & 5 crew members. YU-AHT, the aircraft involved taken at Stockholm-Arlanda Airport on 30 June 1971. …
27 years ago today, Avianca Flight 52 (HK-2016) was a scheduled passenger flight from El Dorado International Airport, Colombia to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York with a stopover at José María Córdova International Airport, Colombia. The Boeing 707-321B was carrying 149 passengers & 9 crew members. HK-2016, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT Avianca Flight…
35 years ago today, World Airways Flight 30 (N113WA) was a scheduled passenger flight from Oakland International Airport, California to Logan International Airport, Boston via Newark Liberty International Airport, New Jersey. The McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF was carrying 200 passengers & 12 crew members. N113WA, the accident aircraft involved. ACCIDENT The first leg of the flight…