Arrow Air - Incidents & Accidents

Incidents & Accidents

  • December 12, 1985: An Arrow Air DC-8,Arrow Air Flight 1285, carrying American military personnel on a charter flight home for Christmas, crashed in Newfoundland, killing all 248 passengers on board and 8 crew members.
  • On December 13, 2002, a McDonnell Douglas DC-8-62F operated by Arrow Air flying from Yokota was approaching runway 20R at Singapore Changi Airport. Due to a miscommunication between the First Officer and Captain during landing, when the aircraft touched down only about 1,500 m of the runway remained available. The aircraft overran the runway and came to rest about 300 m from its end.
  • June 4, 2006: A McDonnell Douglas DC10-10F (registered N68047) en route from Miami to Managua touched down fast at Managua and was unable to stop before the end of the runway. The aircraft overran the end of the runway by about 350 metres (1,150 ft) meters. The front landing gear collapsed, which led to substantial damage to the engines on the wing of the aircraft as well as a rupture in a fuel tank.
  • On March 26, 2009, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 en route Manaus-Bogotá lost parts of an engine whilst flying over Manaus. The engine parts fell into the town of Manaus damaging 12 houses, the aircraft managed to land safely at El Dorado International Airport, Bogotá, Colombia. No-one was injured or killed in this incident.

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