Arrow Air Flight 1285R

The Douglas DC-8-63 left Cairo at 20:35 GMT on 11 December 1985, carrying military personnel home to Fort Campbell, Kentucky after a six-month deployment in the Sinai with the Multinational Force and Observers. After a layover at Gander International Airport in Newfoundland, the aircraft had trouble getting aloft on takeoff and crashed near Gander Lake. There were no survivors.

Date

1985-12-12

Deaths (Wikipedia list)

256

What the pin marks

The crash site beyond the runway at Gander, Newfoundland, as the cited page positions it.

Where the position is published

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arrow_Air_Flight_1285R

Category: Disasters & Incidents

Tags: aviation, newfoundland, charter, dc-8, military personnel

Coordinates: 48.91194, -54.57417

Part of Airliner accidents that killed 200 or more people since 1970

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