Air Canada Flight 797

When

2 Jun 1983

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

39.05° N, 84.67° W

Description

1983 in-flight fire aboard an Air Canada DC-9-32 near Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Deaths

23

Injured

16

Participants

46

Cause

fire

1983 aviation accident in Kentucky

Air Canada Flight 797 was an international passenger flight operating from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Montréal–Dorval International Airport, with an intermediate stop at Toronto International Airport. On 2 June 1983, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 operating the service developed an in-flight fire in air around the rear lavatory that spread between the outer skin and the inner decor panels, filling the pla…

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