.jpg) The aircraft involved in the incident, pictured six months before accident | |
| Occurrence | |
|---|---|
| Date | November 29, 1963 |
| Summary | Unknown; possible systems failure |
| Site | Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville (near Montreal-Dorval Airport), Quebec, Canada 45°40′53″N 73°53′54″W / 45.6813°N 73.8984°W[1] |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Douglas DC-8-54CF Jet Trader[2] |
| Operator | Trans-Canada Air Lines |
| Registration | CF-TJN |
| Flight origin | Montreal-Dorval International Airport |
| Destination | Toronto International Airport |
| Occupants | 118 |
| Passengers | 111 |
| Crew | 7 |
| Fatalities | 118 |
| Survivors | 0 |
Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) Flight 831 was a flight from Montréal–Dorval International Airport to Toronto International Airport on November 29, 1963. About five minutes after takeoff in poor weather, the jet crashed about 32 km (20 mi) north of Montreal, near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec, Canada, killing all 111 passengers and seven crew members. The crash was the deadliest in Canadian history at the time.[3] It was also the deadliest crash of a DC-8 at the time, and, as of 2022, the sixth-deadliest.[1][4]
- ^ a b "ASN Aircraft accident Douglas CD-8-54F CF-TJN Ste-Thérèse de Blainville, QC". Aviation Safety Network. Alexandria, Virginia U.S.A.: Flight Safety Foundation. Archived from the original on 2013-10-20. Retrieved 2013-07-08.
- ^ "Picture of the Douglas DC-8-54CF Jet Trader aircraft". Airliners.net. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
- ^ Wyatt, Nelson (2013-11-30). "Anniversary of 1963 Quebec plane crash helps bring some closure for victims' relatives". The Toronto Star. p. A18. Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
- ^ Eastwood, Tony; Roach, John (1992). Jet Airliner Production List. West Drayton, UK: The Aviation Hobby Shop. pp. 339–363. ISBN 978-0-907178-43-9.