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Maritime Central Airways Flight 315
An MCA Douglas DC-4, similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident
Date11 August 1957
SummaryLoss of control in severe weather conditions
SiteNear Issoudun, Quebec, Canada
46°34′41″N 71°37′31″W / 46.57806°N 71.62528°W / 46.57806; -71.62528
Aircraft
Aircraft typeDouglas DC-4
OperatorMaritime Central Airways
RegistrationCF-MCF
Flight originHeathrow Airport, London
StopoverKeflavík International Airport, Reykjavík
Last stopoverGoose Bay Airport, Goose Bay, Newfoundland
DestinationToronto Pearson International Airport, Toronto, Ontario
Passengers73
Crew6
Fatalities79
Survivors0

Maritime Central Airways Flight 315 was an international charter flight from London, England to Toronto, Canada, with refueling stops in Reykjavík, Iceland, and Goose Bay, Labrador. On 11 August 1957, the aircraft operating this flight, a Douglas DC-4, crashed in bad weather 7.2 kilometres (4.5 mi) west of Issoudun, Quebec, killing all 79 people on board. At the time, it was the deadliest aviation accident in Canadian history, and as of 2020 is still the fifth-deadliest. It is also the second-deadliest crash involving a DC-4, behind another in 1967.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Aviation Safety Network".
  2. ^ "List of top 10 deadliest plane crashes in Canada". HuffPost Canada. 4 July 2013. Retrieved 19 March 2021.

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