What the records say
- When
- 5 Jul 1970
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 43.78° N, 79.69° W
- Description
- 1970 plane crash in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
- Deaths
- 109
- Injured
- 0
Air Canada Flight 621
1970 plane crash in Brampton, Ontario, Canada
On July 5, 1970, Air Canada Flight 621, a Douglas DC-8 registered as CF-TIW, was flying from Montréal–Dorval International Airport, Quebec, Canada, to Los Angeles International Airport, California, United States, via Toronto International Airport, Ontario, Canada. During landing at Toronto, the aircraft touched down hard, which ruptured the right fuel tanks.
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- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Air Canada Flight 621 crashes near Toronto International Airport, Toronto, Ontario through pilot error; all 109 passengers and crew are killed”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Катастрофа DC-8 под Торонто”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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