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Split Decision (Arrow Air Flight 1285)

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December 12th, 1985 After a six-month peace keeping mission in the Middle East, 248 elite American soldiers are on their way home for the Christmas holidays. Destined for Fort Campbell, Kentucky, they are travelling on Arrow Air Flight #1285, a discount air carrier contracted by the military to transport troops. En route from Cairo, the DC-8 eventually touches down for a routine refueling stop in Gander, Newfoundland. But just seconds after taking off again for the last leg of its journey, the plane immediately loses airspeed and altitude and crashes into a heavily wooded area just outside the remote Canadian town. An unprecedented disaster, it is one of the deadliest aviation accidents of all time and the resulting investigation ignites a storm of controversy that continues to this day.

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  • Originally Aired August 26, 2011
  • Runtime 45 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-14
  • Network Discovery Channel (CA)
  • Notes Is a mid-season finale
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  • Modified January 3, 2023 by
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