Bay safely. On 30 August 2000, a Panavia Tornado of the Luftwaffe crashed during low-level flight practice 190 km southeast of CFB Goose Bay killing both crew members. On 4 March 2002, a Swearingen SA227-AC Metro III of Provincial Airlines crashed upon landing at Goose Bay. On 18 July 2002, a RCAF CH-146 Griffon was returning to 5 Wing from an aborted search and rescue mission, when the tail rotor became separated from the aircraft. The aircraft crashed 68 km northeast of Goose Bay; both crew members were killed. On 6 November 2006, a de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 of Provincial Airlines had a right main gear collapse when the aircraft landed at Goose Bay. On 30 September 2017, Air France Flight 66, an Airbus A380-800 (registration F-HPJE) from Paris to Los Angeles suffered an in-flight failure of the #4 engine when the main fan and engine inlet separated from the main engine assembly. The plane was diverted to CFB Goose Bay, where it made an emergency landing. The plane landed safely and no passengers or crew were harmed. Passengers reported a loud thud followed by vibrations. The runway the plane landed on had to be cleaned after landing because debris from the engine had littered the runway. Passengers had to stay onboard because Goose Bay did not have air stairs large enough to accommodate the large aircraft. Air France dispatched two Boeing 777-300 from Montreal, continuing to take the passengers to Los Angeles. On 14 December 2022, a Piper PA-46 from Sept-Îles to Nuuk crashed 5km west of the airport on approach to runway 08. The two occupants sustained serious injuries and were transported to the local hospital. The pilot later died of his injuries. Historic place Hangar 8 at CFB Goose Bay was designated as a Canadian historic place in 2004. See also Goose (Otter Creek) Water Aerodrome List of United States Air Force Aerospace Defense Command Interceptor Squadrons Notes References A Handbook of Aerospace Defense Organization 1946 – 1980, by Lloyd H. Cornett and Mildred W. Johnson, Office of History, Aerospace Defense Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado Winkler, David F. (1997), Searching the skies: the legacy of the United States Cold War defense radar program. Prepared for United States Air Force Headquarters Air Combat Command. Information for Melville AS, Goose Bay, NL Carr, William G.: Checkmate in the North. MacMillan, Toronto, 1944. Christie, Carl