Arrow Air Flight 1285R
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arrow-air-flight-1285r-222-1588220
title:
Arrow Air Flight 1285R
text:
Arrow Air Flight 1285R was an international charter flight carrying U.S. Army personnel from Cairo, Egypt, to their home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, via Cologne, West Germany, and Gander, Newfoundland. On the morning of Thursday, 12 December 1985, shortly after takeoff from Canada's Gander International Airport en route to Fort Campbell, the McDonnell Douglas DC-8 serving the flight stalled, crashed, and burned about half a mile from the runway, killing all 248 passengers and 8 crew members
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description:
December 1985 plane crash in Newfoundland, Canada
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_Air_Flight_1285R
date created:
2004-02-20T23:29:50Z
date modified:
2024-09-14T01:02:02Z
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