What the records say
- When
- 7 Jun 1989
- Kind
- Air disaster
- Coordinates
- 5.45° N, 55.23° W
- Description
- Aviation accident
- Deaths
- 176
- Injured
- 11
- Cause
- controlled flight into terrain
Surinam Airways Flight 764
1989 plane crash in Suriname
Surinam Airways Flight 764 was an international scheduled passenger flight of Surinam Airways from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in the Netherlands to Paramaribo-Zanderij International Airport in Suriname. On 7 June 1989, the DC-8-62 serving the flight crashed during approach to Paramaribo-Zanderij, killing 178 of the 187 on board. It is the deadliest aviation disaster in Suriname's history.
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashes in Paramaribo, Suriname, killing 176.”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “Авиакатастрофа в Парамарибо (Суринам) рейса Surinam Airways Flight PY764, погибли 176 человек из 187 находившихся на борту;”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “苏里南航空764号班机在帕拉马里博坠毁，176人遇难，11人受伤，遇难者包括18名苏里南足球运动员。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page