The accident was investigated by the Canadian Aviation Safety Board (CASB), which determined that the probable cause of the crash was the aircraft's unexpectedly high drag and reduced lift condition, most likely due to ice contamination on the wings' leading edges and upper surfaces, as well as underestimated onboard weight. At the time of the crash, it was the deadliest aviation accident involving a DC-8 as of 2023, it is the second-deadliest, behind the crash of Nigeria Airways Flight 2120 six years later. As of 2022, it is the deadliest aviation accident to occur on Canadian soil. On the morning of Thursday, 12 December 1985, shortly after takeoff from Gander en route to Fort Campbell, the McDonnell Douglas DC-8 serving the flight stalled, crashed, and burned about half a mile from the runway, killing all 248 passengers and 8 crew members on board. Army personnel from Cairo, Egypt, to their home base in Fort Campbell, Kentucky, via Cologne, West Germany, and Gander, Newfoundland. Class=notpageimage| Location in NewfoundlandĪrrow Air Flight 1285R was an international charter flight carrying U.S.
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