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Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF jetliner, registered N950JW, which operated as an international charter flight carrying U.S. troops from Cairo, Egypt, to their home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, via Cologne, Germany and Gander, Newfoundland. On the morning of Thursday, 12 December 1985, shortly after takeoff from Gander en route to Fort Campbell, the aircraft stalled, crashed, and burned about half a mile from the runway, killing all 256 passengers and crew on board. It is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil and the second deadliest involving a DC-8 after Nigeria Airways Flight 2120.

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  • Arrow Air Flight 1285
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  • Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF jetliner, registered N950JW, which operated as an international charter flight carrying U.S. troops from Cairo, Egypt, to their home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, via Cologne, Germany and Gander, Newfoundland. On the morning of Thursday, 12 December 1985, shortly after takeoff from Gander en route to Fort Campbell, the aircraft stalled, crashed, and burned about half a mile from the runway, killing all 256 passengers and crew on board. It is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil and the second deadliest involving a DC-8 after Nigeria Airways Flight 2120.
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Site
  • Gander, Newfoundland, Canada
cause2 note
Tail Number
  • N950JW
Date
  • 1985-12-12(xsd:date)
Origin
Name
  • Arrow Air Flight 1285
Type
Align
  • right
Caption
  • Wreckage from Arrow Air Flight 1285 in storage at a Gander Airport hangar for analysis by members of the Canadian Air Safety Board.
Outcome
  • Crash
Cause
  • Fire
  • Weather
  • Loss of control
Stopover
cause is
  • Contested
Fatalities
  • 256(xsd:integer)
Operator
Image
  • Pre-crash photos of the DC-8 in service with Arrow Air and other airline companies at Airliners.net
occurrence type
  • Accident
Passengers
  • 248(xsd:integer)
last stopover
cause3 note
  • and possible internal explosion
Destination
Crew
  • 8(xsd:integer)
Aircraft Type
  • McDonnell Douglas
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  • Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF jetliner, registered N950JW, which operated as an international charter flight carrying U.S. troops from Cairo, Egypt, to their home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, via Cologne, Germany and Gander, Newfoundland. On the morning of Thursday, 12 December 1985, shortly after takeoff from Gander en route to Fort Campbell, the aircraft stalled, crashed, and burned about half a mile from the runway, killing all 256 passengers and crew on board. It is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil and the second deadliest involving a DC-8 after Nigeria Airways Flight 2120. The accident was investigated by the Canadian Aviation Safety Board (CASB), which determined the probable cause of the crash was the aircraft's unexpectedly high drag and reduced lift condition, most likely was due to ice contamination on the wings' leading edges and upper surfaces, as well as underestimated onboard weight. A minority report stated that the accident could have been caused by an onboard explosion of unknown origin prior to impact.
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