Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810
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| Summary | |
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| Date | December 9, 1956 |
| Type | Crash (CFIT) |
| Site | Mount Slesse, near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada |
| Passengers | 59 |
| Crew | 3 |
| Injuries | 0 |
| Fatalities | 62 |
| Survivors | none |
| Aircraft type | Canadair Northstar |
| Operator | Trans-Canada Airlines |
| Tail number | CF-TFD[1] |
Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810 was a Canadair Northstar on a scheduled flight from Vancouver to Calgary (continuing to Regina, Winnipeg, and Toronto). The plane crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada on 9 December 1956 after encountering severe icing and turbulence over the mountains. All 62 people on board died, making this one of the worst airline crashes in the world at that date[2]; it still ranks as the 6th worst air disaster in Canadian history[3].
Due to the remoteness and difficulty of the terrain, the crash site was not located until the following May. Among the victims were five players from the Canadian Football League on their way home from the annual all-star game in Vancouver.
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[edit] Summary of Events
Flight 810 left Vancouver International Airport at 6:10 PM on the 9th of December, assigned to fly the Green 1 air lane east to Calgary, Alberta. The pilots climbed to 19,200ft by 6:55, when they experienced an engine fire in the number 2 engine (the inner left hand motor). They radioed Vancouver Air Traffic Control to notify them of the event, began to turn the plane around, and requested clearances to land back at Vancouver International.
At 7:10, the plane radioed that they were passing Hope, and requested clearance to descend to 8000 ft. This was the last communication received from the plane.
[edit] Crew and Passenger List
[edit] Crew
- Captain Alan Jack Clarke; Vancouver
- First Officer John Clarence Terry Boon; North Vancouver
- Flight Attendant Dorothy Elizabeth Bjornson; Vancouver
[edit] Passengers
[edit] British Columbia
Moi [edit] Alberta
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[edit] Saskatchewan
[edit] Manitoba
[edit] Ontario
[edit] Quebec
[edit] Hong Kong
[edit] Japan
[edit] United States
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[edit] Notes
[edit] References
- O'Keefe, Betty and MacDonald, Ian, Disaster on Mount Slesse, Caitlin Press, 2006, ISBN 1-894759-21-4
- Canadair DC-4M2 North Start CF-TFD Mount Slesse, BC. Aviation Safety Network Accident Database.
[edit] See also
- Mount Slesse
- Air safety
- C. Donald Bateman
- CFIT
- EGPWS
[edit] External links
- Winnipeg Free Press story about the crash[Dead Link]
- Chilliwack Times article from 2006 [Dead Link]
