What the records say
- When
- 26 Jun 1978
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 43.66° N, 79.63° W
- Description
- 1978 plane crash of an Air Canada DC-9-32
- Deaths
- 2
- Injured
- 105
- Participants
- 107
Air Canada Flight 189
1978 plane crash of an Air Canada DC-9-32
Air Canada Flight 189 was a scheduled flight from Ottawa to Vancouver via Toronto and Winnipeg. On June 26, 1978, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the flight crashed on takeoff in Toronto, killing two passengers; 105 people survived.
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