On the morning of Thursday , 12 December 1985 , shortly after takeoff from Gander en route to Fort Campbell , the aircraft stalled , crashed , and burned about half a mile from the runway , killing all 248 passengers and 8 crew members on board . , it is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil and the second-deadliest of any accident involving a DC-8 , behind the crash of Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 six years later
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
Nigeria Airways Flight 2120
Arrow Air Flight 1285