lenaitch
Senior Member
We are just past the 50th anniversary (July 5, 1970) of the crash of DC-8 AC Flight 621 into a farm field in what is now the City of Brampton. A friend was working with the City on a memorial event that obviously had to be downgraded to virtual and, for some reason, was truncated from one hour to about 12 minutes. Another friend was one of the, if not the, first responder on scene. A scene of total devastation which he described a "eerily quiet" with only the sound of a few small spot fires and the flapping of debris in the breeze. 109 killed. The Woodbridge arena was used as a temporary morgue.
There is now a memorial garden at the site which is registered as a cemetery because of the likelihood of buried remains.
There is now a memorial garden at the site which is registered as a cemetery because of the likelihood of buried remains.
50th Anniversary Air Canada Flight 621 Crash
www.brampton.ca
Air Canada Flight 621 - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org