ACI - Air Canada Flight 797

Air Canada Flight 797 was a scheduled trans-border flight that flew on a Houston, Texas-Dallas/Fort Worth-Toronto, Ontario route. The aircraft on the flight caught fire on June 2, 1983.

On that day, the Air Canada aircraft registered C-FTLU took off from Houston Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas and was scheduled to make two stops: making the first at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport, it was meant to make a second at Toronto International Airport (now Toronto Pearson International Airport) in Mississauga, Ontario. The DC-9 was bound for Dorval Airport (now Montréal-Trudeau International Airport) near Montreal, Quebec.

Donald Cameron was the captain and Claude Ouimet, first officer. While flying over Louisville, Kentucky, an in-flight fire began in or around the rear lavatory of the McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32. Investigators were unable to determine the cause or exact point of origin for the fire.

Cameron and Ouimet made an emergency landing at the Greater Cincinnati Airport (now Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport), located in Boone County, Kentucky near Cincinnati, Ohio. During the evacuation, the aircraft doors were opened, causing an influx of air that fueled the fire. 23 of the 41 passengers died from smoke inhalation and a flash fire.

There were no fatalities among the five crew members.

Though all of its DC-9s have been retired, Air Canada still uses the flight number today on its Montréal-Los Angeles route.

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[joemcneil1999]

he didnt even get his meal

[rsx123]

How the fuck did 23 people die? The place was pretty much empty.

[rsx123]

So the pilots know when someone takes a massive shit

[jocolope]

Capt. Cameron his asisstant Mons.Ouimet, the rest of the flight crew and surviving passengers are lucky to be alive. It is commendable sir's that not all on board had perrished managing to get that stricken plane back on the ground with its landing gear.