The World - News from Feb. 26, 1986
The U.S. Army announced that after 2 1/2 months of work, all 248 soldiers killed in a charter airplane crash in Gander, Newfoundland, have been identified and thus can be accorded proper burials. “All next-of-kin have been notified and disposition instructions for the remains still at Dover (Del.) Air Force Base are expected soon,” the Army announced. The soldiers, all members of the 101st Airborne Division, were killed when a chartered DC-8 operated by Arrow Air of Miami crashed and exploded shortly after a refueling stop at Gander.
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