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* The next day, 18 September 1946, saw 27 people losing their lives when a SABENA Douglas DC-4 ( OO-CBG ) crashed 35 km short of Gander Airport, where the aircraft had been planned to land for a refueling stop on the flight from Brussels to New York.

At the time of the accident ( 07: 42 UTC ), there was dense fog near the airport, and the pilot of the DC-4 had executed a flawed, too low approach, so that the plane hit the ground.

There were 17 survivors ( 16 passengers and one crew ).