Douglas DC-8 crash, Dec 12, 1985 (256 killed), Gander
Douglas DC-8 accident on December 12, 1985 near Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada with 256 fatalities.
- Date: December 12, 1985
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-8
- Location: Gander, Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
- Fatalities: 256
Arrow Air McDonnell Douglas DC-8-63CF (N950JW), on a charter carrying U.S. Army personnel mostly from the 101st Airborne Division, crashed on takeoff from Gander, Newfoundland, on 12 December 1985, killing all 256 aboard. It is the deadliest aviation accident on Canadian soil.