Disaster on Mount Slesse: The Story of Western Canada's Worst Air Crash

by Ian Macdonald, Betty O'Keefe, Ian MacDonald

Book Overview

Mount Slesse, a jagged 2,500-metre peak near Chilliwack BC known locally as "The Fang," lived up to its evil reputation on December 9, 1956, when Trans Canada Airlines Flight 810 slammed into it, killing all 62 aboard. For five months nobody knew what happened. Flight 810 had just disappeared into the night. Adding to the sensation was the fact that the flight carried five professional football players fresh from the CFL All Star game in Vancouver...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1894759214
• ISBN13: 9781894759212
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Caitlin Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.0"