Halifax Stanfield International Airport is a Canadian airport in Goffs, Nova Scotia, a rural community of the Halifax Regional Municipality. It serves the Halifax region, mainland Nova Scotia, and adj
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The airport terminal soon after construction in 1960
Lufthansa's Gander Halifax plane
Domestic arrivals hall and escalators to U.S. departures
Swissair Flight 111
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Swissair Flight 111 was a scheduled international passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, United States, to Cointrin Airport in Geneva, Switzerland. The flight wa
Halifax Stanfield International Airport
…Versatile Air Services crashed next to Highway 102 near the airport. Two were injured and the aircraft was destroyed. On the night of 2 September 1998, Swissair Flight 111, a scheduled flight from New York City to Geneva, declared a pan-pan after the crew noticed smoke in the cockpit. The flight crew attempted to divert…
Cargo door and other recovered debris
HB-IWF, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in July 1998
Swissair Flight 111 crashed 8 km (5 mi) off the coast of Peggys Cove. Pictured is the community's iconic Peggys Point Lighthouse in 2005, with St. Margarets Bay seen below the lighthouse on the right.
CCGS Hudson searches for Swissair Flight 111 debris on 14 September, with HMCS Anticosti (centre), USS Grapple (right), and a Halifax-class frigate (rear).