Martinair Flight 138
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Martinair Flight 138 was a charter flight of Martinair from Surabaya to Jeddah with a stopover in Colombo. On 4 December 1974, the Douglas DC-8 operating the flight crashed into a mountain shortly bef
PH-MBH, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in November 1974
A panoramic view of Saptha Kanya mountain range.
The crash site according to villagers.
A recovered tyre and the memorial plaquette at Norton Bridge.
Arrow Air Flight 1285R
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Arrow Air Flight 1285R was an international charter flight carrying U.S. Army personnel from Cairo, Egypt, to their home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, US, via Cologne, West Germany, and Gander, New
Martinair Flight 138
…Hajj pilgrims, and nine crew members. The crash remains the deadliest in Sri Lankan aviation history and the third-deadliest involving a DC-8, after Arrow Air Flight 1285R and Nigeria Airways Flight 2120. At the time of the crash, it was the second-deadliest aviation accident in history, after the crash of Turkish Airlines…
Wreckage from the aircraft in storage at Gander International Airport
N950JW, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in May 1985
Mortar shells were recovered from the wreckage, which the dissenting members of the CASB later used as a possible explanation for the crash
Caskets being carried in for a memorial service at Dover AFB on 16 December 1985