the generation of toxic chemicals through ignition. Emergency track lighting at or near the floor, strong enough to cut through heavy fuel fire smoke. Raised markings on overhead bins indicating the location of exit rows to aid passengers in locating these rows in case of passenger visual impairment (either preexisting or caused by emergency conditions). Hand-held fire extinguishers using advanced technology extinguishing agents such as halon. Notable passengers Canadian folk singer Stan Rogers, 33, was killed by smoke inhalation. Rogers was known for songs such as "Northwest Passage", "The Mary Ellen Carter" and "Barrett's Privateers." He was returning home after attending the Kerrville Folk Festival in Texas. Curtis Mathes Jr., the Chairman of the Board and public face of the Curtis Mathes Corporation, a maker of high-end home electronics was also killed in this incident. Aftermath After the incident, Air Canada sold the right wing of the DC-9 to Ozark Air Lines to repair a damaged airplane. On 20 December 1983, Ozark Flight 650, tail number collided with a snowplow in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, killing the snowplow operator and separating the right wing from the aircraft. Air Canada used flight number 797 until 2022, although in its last years it operated between Toronto Pearson International Airport and Los Angeles International Airport Dramatizations The Discovery Channel Canada/National Geographic TV series Mayday (also titled Air Crash Investigation, Air Emergency and Air Disasters) featured the accident in a 2007 episode titled "Fire Fight," which includes interviews with survivors and accident investigators as well as a dramatic recreation of the flight. It is featured in season 1, episode 4, of the TV show Why Planes Crash, in an episode called "Fire in the Sky". Notes References External links First NTSB accident report Second NTSB accident report (supersedes the first accident report) (Alternate) NTSB brief DCA83AA028 A photo of the burning airliner at Airliners.net A photo of the accident aircraft at the Aviation Safety Network Airliner accidents and incidents in Kentucky Airliner accidents and incidents caused by in-flight fires Aviation accidents and incidents in 1983 1983 in Kentucky Aviation accidents and incidents in the United States in 1983 Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport History of Cincinnati Accidents and incidents involving the McDonnell Douglas DC-9 Air Canada accidents and incidents June 1983 events in the United States Airliner accidents and incidents caused by pilot error