Air Canada Flight 797 Disaster
Air
Canada Flight 797 was a scheduled trans-border flight that flew on a
Dallas/Fort Worth-Toronto-Montreal route. On June 2, 1983(1983-06-02),
the aircraft developed an in-flight fire behind the washroom that spread
between the outer skin and the inner decor panels, filling the plane
with noxious, toxic smoke. The spreading fire also burned through
crucial electrical cables that knocked out most of the instrumentation
in the cockpit, forcing the plane to divert to an alternate landing
field. Ninety seconds after the plane landed and the doors were opened,
enough oxygen was available for the fire to flashover, killing the 23
remaining passengers left on board...
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