Douglas DC-4 crash, Aug 11, 1957 (79 killed), Issoudun Qu...
Douglas DC-4 accident on August 11, 1957 near Issoudun Quebec, Canada with 79 fatalities. Cause: Loss of control in severe weather after the aircraft...
- Date: August 11, 1957
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
- Location: Issoudun Quebec, Canada
- Fatalities: 79
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: Loss of control in severe weather after the aircraft entered a cumulonimbus cloud and encountered severe turbulence.
A Maritime Central Airways DC-4 flying a veterans charter from London via Keflavik and Goose Bay crashed near Issoudun, Quebec, on 11 August 1957. All 79 people on board, six crew and 73 passengers, were killed.