JoeThree@xxxxxxx wrote: > Mike, > > In one of your earlier postings, you voiced concern about the potential > damage on the ground that would be caused if an aircraft crashed while taking off > or landing at Dorval. > > In November, 1963, a Toronto bound Trans Canada (now Air Canada) DC-8 crashed > while taking off from Dorval: all 118 passengers and crew were killed, but > nobody was killed or injured on the ground. > > Is the crash site located in an area that has been built up since that > horrible night nearly 40 years ago? Is there any sign of the crash, such as a > memorial? The crash was in Blainville, located on the north shore of the Montreal metro area. The whole area isn't quite built up to urban standards yet (although, with the advent of YMX, it was supposed to be - Blainville today is probably known more for the Boreale brewery than anything else), although I'm not exactly sure if there's a memorial. Matthew :)