Skip to main content
Digital Archive Ontario Homepage
Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)
Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)

Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)

Date6/30/1978
Names
(photographer)
Alternate Title
  • Piece by piece, the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place (...)
  • Piece by piece; the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place on the banks of Etoicole Creek. Crash investigators are collecting and studying the debris in an airport hangar known as Fort Knox. In this view; broken fuselage is already minus tail section; at top left are piled seats from plane. Search now focuses on a shredded tire.
FormatPicture
Notes
Original Toronto Star caption: Piece by piece; the wrecked body of the Air Canada DC-9 that crashed at Toronto International Airport on Monday is being taken from its resting place on the banks of Etoicole Creek. Crash investigators are collecting and studying the debris in an airport hangar known as Fort Knox. In this view; broken fuselage is already minus tail section; at top left are piled seats from plane. Search now focuses on a shredded tire.
Subject
    Medium
    Language
      ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
      CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
      Usage Rights Copyright (Learn More)
      Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
      Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0000190F
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      Geography
      stigators piece together the wreckage of DC-8 whcih crashed outside Malton in 1970 killing all 109 aboard
      stigators piece together the wreckage of DC-8 whcih crashed outside Malton in 1970 killing all 109 aboard
      Darrell, Dick
      7/15/1970
      Stained with blood and partially burned, mail recovered from the DC-8 jetliner that crashed north to Toronto International Airport on Sunday is sorted(...)
      Stained with blood and partially burned, mail recovered from the DC-8 jetliner that crashed north to Toronto International Airport on Sunday is sorted(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/8/1970
      Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)
      Air Canada flight attendant Richard Begin returns on crutches to the scene of the DC-9 crash at Toronto International Airport to alleviate some of my (...)
      Dutton, Don
      6/27/1978
      Two people died and 105 were injured when Air Canada DC-9 skidded into ravine and broke up at Toronto International Airport
      Two people died and 105 were injured when Air Canada DC-9 skidded into ravine and broke up at Toronto International Airport
      Griffin, Doug
      6/26/1978
      Smashed jet engine, from the Air Canada DC-8 airliner that plunged to each Sunday north of Toronto International Airport, is hoisted by a crane yester(...)
      Smashed jet engine, from the Air Canada DC-8 airliner that plunged to each Sunday north of Toronto International Airport, is hoisted by a crane yester(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      7/6/1970
      One of the first flights out of Toronto Airport after 10-day Air Canada shutdown, Halifax-bound DC-9 is signalled into take-off pattern by station att(...)
      One of the first flights out of Toronto Airport after 10-day Air Canada shutdown, Halifax-bound DC-9 is signalled into take-off pattern by station att(...)
      Spremo, Boris
      9/4/1978
      Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
      Charred wreckage is all that remains of an Air Canada DC-8 that exploded and burned at Toronto International Airport last night only six minute before(...)
      Darrell, Dick
      6/21/1973
      An air Canada DC-8 burns at Toronto International Airport last night after an explosion ignited jet fuel and turned it into a roaring fireball. Witnes(...)
      An air Canada DC-8 burns at Toronto International Airport last night after an explosion ignited jet fuel and turned it into a roaring fireball. Witnes(...)
      Calleja, Frank
      6/22/1973
      This is a model of the Air Canada DC-8 that last July crashed north of Malton, killing 109 persons
      This is a model of the Air Canada DC-8 that last July crashed north of Malton, killing 109 persons
      Darrell, Dick
      11/24/1970
      12 Corning, These houses were smashed to pieces after they were wrenched from basements and carried away by flood waters. They're resting on top of a dike
      12 Corning, These houses were smashed to pieces after they were wrenched from basements and carried away by flood waters. They're resting on top of a dike
      Norris, Dave
      6/25/1972
      Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto, crew members from left, (...)
      Telling about their trip to Cuba after their Air Canada DC-9 jetliner was hijacked during flight from Thunder Bay to Toronto, crew members from left, (...)
      Griffin, Doug
      12/27/1971
      Mangled wreckage of vintage World War II Fairey Firefly in which Alan Ness crashed to death is raised in three pieces from Lake Ontario by barge-mount(...)
      Mangled wreckage of vintage World War II Fairey Firefly in which Alan Ness crashed to death is raised in three pieces from Lake Ontario by barge-mount(...)
      Mahler, John
      9/2/1977