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TIL about Arrow Air Flight 1285, a charter aircraft that crashed on takeoff in Gander, Canada. Killing 248 (+8 crew) US Army soldiers returning from a peacekeeping deployment. Prob Cause: thin ice/extra weight leading to stall.

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