5511, citing Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto, Toronto Municipality, Ontario, Canada ; Maintained by Find a Grave … This eyewitness account reveals the horror of Air Canada Flight 621, in which 109 people died under a clear blue sky on the morning of July 5, 1970. Air Canada Flight 621 Memorial. The plane operating the flight that day was a Douglas DC-8, a workhorse of the 1960s, with four engines and room for almost 200 passengers. The Air Canada Flight 621 crash, near Toronto Pearson International Airport, took place on July 5, 1970, when an Air Canada Douglas DC-8, registered as CF-TIW, was attempting to land. On July 5, 1970, Air Canada flight 621 - a Douglas DC8 CF-TIW plane - crashed into a farm field at 8:05 a.m. All 100 passengers and nine flight crew perished. The crash It was flying on a Montreal–Toronto–Los Angeles route. On a early morning flight in July 1970, Air Canada Flight 621 impacts the runway and suffers severe damage at Toronto International Airport. Early Sunday morning, July 5, 1970, Air Canada’s Montreal to Los Angeles via Toronto Flight 621, dubbed the “California Galaxy,” was making its final approach to Toronto International Airport’s runway 32. It was Toronto's worst ever airline disaster 1.. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com: accessed ), memorial page for Air Canada Flight 621 Memorial (unknown–5 Jul 1970), Find a Grave Memorial no. Track Air Canada (AC) #621 flight from Halifax Int'l to Toronto Pearson Int'l. Ai That day, it would be carrying just half that amount. On a sunny Sunday morning on July 5, 1970, Air Canada Flight 621 crashed in a farmer's field in Woodbridge, Ontario, just north of Toronto.The McDonnell Douglas DC-8 from Montreal was on a stopover at Toronto en route to Los Angeles, California.All 109 people aboard (100 passengers and 9 crew) died. Flight status, tracking, and historical data for Air Canada 621 (AC621/ACA621) including scheduled, estimated, and actual departure and arrival times. In 2013, the site was designated as a cemetery with a plaque listing all 109 victims' names. Air Canada Flight 621 crashed into a farm field near Toronto International Airport, today Pearson Airport, just after 8 a.m. on July 5, 1970, a sunny Sunday morning. Section 24, Lot 1 Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Toronto. It crashed in Toronto Gore Township, now part of Brampton. Air Canada Flight 621. Air Canada flight 621 was a regularly scheduled flight from Montreal to Los Angeles with an intermediate stopover in Toronto. According to the website, 52 of the victims are buried here. The Air Canada memorial for Flight 621 -The California Galaxy that was en route from Montreal to Los Angeles and crashed into a farmer's field north of Toronto International Airport is located on the grounds of Mount Pleasant Cemetery. CVR transcript Air Canada Flight 621 - 05 JUL 1970 Last updated: 16 October 2004 Cockpit voice recorder transcript of the July 5, 1970 crash of an Air Canada McDonnell Douglas DC- 8-63 (Flight 621) near Toronto, Canada. The flight started in Montreal, stopping in Toronto before flying on to its final destination in Los Angeles.