What the records say
- When
- 21 Jan 1985
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 39.47° N, 119.78° W
- Description
- 1985 aviation accident
- Deaths
- 70
- Injured
- 1
Galaxy Airlines Flight 203
1985 aviation accident in Nevada
Galaxy Airlines Flight 203 was a non-scheduled charter flight of a Lockheed L-188A Electra from Reno to Minneapolis which crashed shortly after taking off from Reno-Tahoe International Airport on January 21, 1985. All but one of the 71 on board died. It was the first major air disaster in the U.S in 1985 and the deadliest since the crash of Pan Am Flight 759 in 1982.
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