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Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)

Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)

Date6/21/1973
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Original Toronto Star caption: Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before 112 passengers were to board. Eleven crew members preparing for the flight to Zurich and Vienna escaped unhurt; but two workmen fuelling the plane were badly burned. Police and airline investigators ruled out any possibility of sabotage but offered no explanation of the cause of the $8 million fire. Terminal 2 was cleared.
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Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000166F
An air Canada DC-8 burns at Toronto International Airport last night after an explosion ignited jet fuel and turned it into a roaring fireball. Witnes(...)
An air Canada DC-8 burns at Toronto International Airport last night after an explosion ignited jet fuel and turned it into a roaring fireball. Witnes(...)
6/22/1973
Stained with blood and partially burned, mail recovered from the DC-8 jetliner that crashed north to Toronto International Airport on Sunday is sorted(...)
Stained with blood and partially burned, mail recovered from the DC-8 jetliner that crashed north to Toronto International Airport on Sunday is sorted(...)
7/8/1970
Aircraft Remains: Investigator Rick Pilson probes the wreckage yesterday morning after a Cessna crashed near Inglewood Monday night, killing the pilot
Aircraft Remains: Investigator Rick Pilson probes the wreckage yesterday morning after a Cessna crashed near Inglewood Monday night, killing the pilot
4/20/1993
stigators piece together the wreckage of DC-8 whcih crashed outside Malton in 1970 killing all 109 aboard
stigators piece together the wreckage of DC-8 whcih crashed outside Malton in 1970 killing all 109 aboard
7/15/1970
Two people died and 105 were injured when Air Canada DC-9 skidded into ravine and broke up at Toronto International Airport
Two people died and 105 were injured when Air Canada DC-9 skidded into ravine and broke up at Toronto International Airport
6/26/1978
Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)
Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)
6/27/1978
Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)
Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)
6/30/1978
Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)
Hovering over death scene of 108 victims of crash of Air Canada s DC-8 jetliner last Sunday, Canadian Armed Forces helicopter moves in to start airlif(...)
7/5/1970
This is a model of the Air Canada DC-8 that last July crashed north of Malton, killing 109 persons
This is a model of the Air Canada DC-8 that last July crashed north of Malton, killing 109 persons
11/24/1970
Flames destroyed the passenger section of an Air Canada DC-8 on the tarmac, then reached the tail
Flames destroyed the passenger section of an Air Canada DC-8 on the tarmac, then reached the tail
6/21/1973
Reassembled wreckage of the crashed jet is spread out in a government hanger at Toronto International Airport in an attempt to find out why part of th(...)
Reassembled wreckage of the crashed jet is spread out in a government hanger at Toronto International Airport in an attempt to find out why part of th(...)
7/15/1970
Remains of RAF Nimrod jet
Remains of RAF Nimrod jet
10/11/1995