LBC/IRN · London Broadcasting Company

Title

Arrow Air DC8 crash

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

Dec 1985

Year of production

1985

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Duration

00:03:27

Description

Report on the crash of Arrow Air Flight 1285, which was carrying 250 US military personnel on a charter flight home for Christmas, in Gander, Newfoundland, Canada. An unnamed female airport worker and Staff Sergeant Hank Johnson describe what happened. Canadian reporter Barry Hudson was the first journalist on the scene. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Hank Johnson; Barry Hudson

Keywords

Aircraft; USA; Air accidents; Deaths; Egypt; Armed forces; Canada; Military personnel; Aeroplanes; Newfoundland; Arrow Air

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