Flight 607-E departed Departing Shannon at 03:05 UTC on the second leg of a transatlantic trip from Amsterdam to New York City with intermediate stops in Shannon and Gander , Newfoundland .

Birgenair Flight 301 was a flight chartered Preventing_or_letting by Turkish-managed Birgenair partner Alas Nacionales from Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic to Frankfurt , Germany , via Gander , Canada , and Berlin , Germany .

Arrow Air Flight 1285 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-8 jetliner that operated Using as an international charter Renting flight carrying Carry_goods U.S. troops from Cairo , Egypt , to their home base in Fort Campbell , Kentucky , via Cologne , West Germany , and Gander , Canada .

On the morning of Thursday , 12 December 1985 , shortly after takeoff Departing from Gander en route to Fort Campbell , the aircraft stalled , crashed Catastrophe , and burned Bodily_harm about half a mile from the runway , killing Killing all 248 passengers and 8 crew members on board .