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Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 was a Canadair North Star on a scheduled flight from Vancouver to Calgary (continuing to Regina, Winnipeg, and Toronto). The plane crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, on 9 December 1956 after encountering severe icing and turbulence over the mountains.
Dec 9, 2022 · At some point after the last call, flight 810-9 crashed into Mount Slesse at approximately 7,600 feet, leaving some wreckage on a small sloping shelf. The remote nature of the location and the high amount of snow accumulation presented challenges to locating the aircraft wreckage for several months.
May 2, 2017 · Five months passed with no news of the aircraft, until May 12, 1957, when Mountaineer, Elfrida Pigou, along with two fellow climbers, discovered pieces of the aircraft near the jagged peaks of Mount Slesse.
The plane crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada, on 9 December 1956 after encountering severe icing and turbulence over the mountains. All 62 people on board died, making it one of the deadliest airline crashes ever as of that date; [2] : 146 it still ranks as the sixth deadliest air disaster in Canadian history.
Oct 12, 2022 · Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 810-9 crashed into Mount Slesse near Chilliwack in 1956, killing all 62 passengers on board including five pro athletes.
Dec 9, 2018 · The flight crashed into Slesse Mountain on the evening of Dec. 9, 1956, claiming the lives of all 62 souls onboard including five Canadian Football League players; the quintet was...
On December 9, 1956, Trans-Canada Flight 801 smashed into Mount Slesse, a peak near Chilliwack, British Columbia, killing all 62 people on board. In this book, Vancouver-based journalists Betty O’Keefe and Ian Macdonald use their reporting skills to delve into the crash and its aftermath.
