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Image: Wreckage from Arrow Air Flight 1285 in storage

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Description: Wreckage from an Arrow Air DC-8 commercial aircraft is stored in a Gander Airport hangar for analysis by members of the Canadian Air Safety Board. The aircraft crashed at the airport with no survivors on December 12, 1985, while carrying 248 members of the 3rd Bn., 502nd Inf., 101st Airborne Div. They were returning to the United States after participating in peacekeeping duty with the Multi-national Force and Observers in the Sinai Desert.
Title: Wreckage from Arrow Air Flight 1285 in storage
Credit: DoD image number DA-ST-87-05218
Author: SSGT Arnold W. Kalmanson
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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