June 7
1989
Surinam Airways Flight 764 Crash
On June 7, 1989, Surinam Airways Flight 764, a Douglas DC-8-62 traveling from Amsterdam to Paramaribo, crashed in the jungles near Zanderij airport, Suriname. The disaster, caused by pilot error and systemic lapses under dense fog, killed 176 of 187 people on board—including most of the "Colourful 11" Surinamese Dutch football team—and remains the deadliest aviation accident in Suriname’s history. Read more
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