So these are plane crashes from around the world, but it's only for the countries that had a true crime case, if you don't see a plane crash in here, check my True crime from around the world book.
Warning, this book contains plane crashes and video...
These two plane crashes take us to the country of Canada which is located north of the United States of America and east of Alaska.
WARNINGS OF PLANE CRASHES
Number 1- Arrow Air Flight 1285R
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Arrow Air Flight 1285R, registered as November 950 Juliet Whiskey (N950JW), was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 aircraft that was operating as an international charter flight carrying U.S troops from Cairo International Airport (IATA: CAI, ICAO: HECA), Cairo, Egypt, back to their home base in Fort Campbell (IATA: HOP, ICAO: KHOP), Kentucky, via Cologne Bonn Airport (IATA: CGN, ICAO: EDDK), Cologne, West Germany and Gander International Airport (IATA: YQX, ICAO: CYQX), Gander, Newfoundland.
On the morning of Thursday the 12th of December 1985, shortly after takeoff from Gander en route to Fort Campbell, the aircraft stalled, crashed and burned about a half mile from the end of the runway, the crash killed all 248 passengers and 8 crew (256 in total) on board the plane, as of 2023 it's the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil.
51 seconds after the brakes were released, at an airspeed of about 167 knots (309 kilometres per hour), the aircraft was struggling to gain altitude after rotation, once the plane was airborne, the airspeed reached 172 knots (319 kilometres per hour) indicated airspeed before it decreased again, which caused the DC-8 to descend after it crossed the Trans-Canada Highway, which is located about 900 feet (270 meters) from the departure end of Runway 22, at a very low altitude the aircrafts pitch increased as the plane continued to descend, Flight 1285R broke up, struck an unoccupied building and exploded, the plane also struck terrain just short of Gander Lake, an intense fire started by the large amount of jet fuel that was on board the plane for the last leg of the flight, all 256 people on board the plane were killed in the crash.
The summary of the crash was icing conditions and pilot error as a result of weight and reference speed miscalculations leading to collision with trees and terrain.
Below is a video explains what happened that day, video credit goes to The Flight Channel on Youtube.
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Swissair Flight 111, registered as Hotel Bravo- India Whiskey Foxtrot (HB-IWF), was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA: JFK, ICAO: KJFK), New York City, United States to Cointrin Airport (IATA: GVA, ICAO: LSGG), Geneva, Switzerland, this flight was also a codeshare flight with Delta Airlines.
On the 2nd of September 1998, the McDonnell Douglas MD-11 preforming this flight crashed into the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Halifax Stanfield International Airport (IATA: YHZ, ICAO: CYHZ), Nova Scotia, the plane crashed at the entrance of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia, the crash site was 8 kilometres from shore, roughly equidistant from the small fishing and tourist communities of Peggy's cove and Bayswater, Nova Scotia, all 229 passengers and crew on board the MD-11 were killed in the crash, making the crash the deadliest McDonnell Douglas MD-11 crash in history.
At 01:10am UTC, 52 minutes after the plane took off, the fight crew detected an odour in the cockpit, it was identified as smoke from the aircon system, four minutes later, the smoke returned and it became visible to the flight crew, the pilots mad a pan-pan call (A level below Mayday), the crew wanted to go to Logan International Airport in Boston (433 kilometres away from their position) but the ATC offered the flight to go to Halifax International Airport (122 kilometres away from their position), the flight was 30 nautical miles (55 kilometres) away from the airport and the plane descended to 21,000 feet and the flight stayed over the ocean to dump fuel 75 kilometres away from the airport, the crew turned off the fans in the cabin ceiling in accordance to the fire checklist, this caused the fire to spread to the cockpit, shutting off the aircraft's autopilot, at 22:31:18 Atlantic Time (01:31:18 UTC) the plane struck the ocean at an estimated speed of 345 miles per hour (555 kilometres per hour), the collision with the water decelerated the aircraft with approximately 350g, causing the aircraft to disintegrate instantly.
The summary of the crash was electrical and instrument failure due to an in-flight fire, causing spatial disorientation and loss of control.
Below is a video explaining what happened that day, video credit goes to The Flight Channel on Youtube.
