Air Canada Flight 797 was an international passenger flight operating from Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport to Montréal–Dorval International Airport, with an intermediate stop at Toronto Pearson International Airport.
C-FTLU, the aircraft involved, after the fire
The aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in 1968, in a previous registration and livery
Fire damage in the aircraft lavatory, the point of origin of the fire.
Fire damage in the front section of the aircraft.
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is an American five-abreast, single-aisle aircraft designed by the Douglas Aircraft Company. It was initially produced as the Douglas DC-9 prior to August 1967, after which point the company had merged with McDonnell Aircraft to become McDonnell Douglas.
Following the introduction of its first jetliner, the high-capacity DC-8, in 1959, Douglas was interested in producing an aircraft suited to smaller routes. As early as 1958, design studies were conducted; approval for the DC-9, a smaller all-new jetliner, came on April 8, 1963. The DC-9-10 first flew on February 25, 1965, and gained its type certificate on November 23, to enter service with Delta Air Lines on December 8.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9
The DC-9 entered service with Delta Air Lines on December 8, 1965.
A DC-9's two-person cockpit with analog instrument panel
The cabin of a former Northwest Airlines DC-9, showing a typical four-abreast seating in First Class and Five-abreast seating in economy class behind.
