--PLEASE READ-- Very important! -- Here we have Air Canada in their old Trans-Canadian Air Lines Retro livery Airbus A319-113 (A319) arriving at Montreal's Pierre Elliot Trudeau International airport on runway 24R from Toronto's Pearson International airport [C-FZUH]. -50 years ago on this day, just north of Montreal near Ste-Thérèse-de-Blainville, Quebec. One of the largest DC-8 disasters and one of Canada's largest aircraft accident occurred. -Lets pay our respects to those who sadly lost their lives in a horrible crash! -Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) Flight 831 (CF-TJN) -Trans-Canadian Air Lines departed Montreal's Dorval (now Montreal-Trudeau) for Toronto. -This DC-8-54CF was only made 3-4 months prior. -All 111 + 7 crew were killed -At 6:28 P.M., the DC-8 began its takeoff roll on runway 06. The crew reported back when they reached 3,000 feet (910 m) and were given clearance for a left turn. It was shortly after the clearance was given that the aircraft deviated from its expected flight path, and began a quick descent. At about 6:33 P.M. the jet struck the ground at an estimated 470--485 knots (870--898 km/h) -The aircraft had plunged into a soggy field, about 100 metres from the main highway leading to the Laurentian Mountains. INVESTIGATION: -The plane was too badly damaged to determine a definite cause. The official report released in 1965 pointed to problems in the jet's pitch trim system (the device that maintains a set nose-up or -down attitude) as a possibility, since a pitch trim problem caused the similar crash of Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, another DC-8, three months later in 1964. Other possible causes were put forward that could not be ruled out: 1) Icing of the pitot system; and 2) Failure of the vertical gyro. This is the reason why that i put Air Canada Retro (TCA) livery today. its kinda a blast from the past Also this well known plane (C-FZUH) which is known as the retro plane will be no more! it has been announced that the "retro plane" will be changed to the new Air Canada rouge livery and there are no plans to have another TCA plane!! COMMENT SUBSCRIBE RATE RATE COMMENT SUBSCRIBE SUBSCRIBE RATE COMMENT COMMENT RATE SUBSCRIBE

• published: 29 Nov 2013
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