Back in the 1980s a civilian jetliner operated by Arrow Air, possibly
a DC-8, crashed near Gander Newfoundland.  It was carrying primarily
US military and some US intelligence personnel returning from the
Lebanon. If I remember, there was no survivors.

In the DVD Celsius 41.11 the producers listed Islamist terrorist incidents and 
included this Arrow Air crash with the Kenya embassy bombings, WTC
1993 and 2001, and the Bali discos, all clearly QTN attacks.

Now I know Hezbollah is based in Lebanon.  It is Islamist, but is a
Shiite entity and is not a Wahibi/Sunni inspired extremist force as is
QTN.

What caused the crash of the Arrow Air? 
Was it mechanical failure or man-made? 
If man-made, was it Hezbollah?

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Clarification of Question by grthumongous-ga on 02 Feb 2005 16:23 PST

Pink, in skimming through the contemporary CASB reports it seems the
majority favoured icing and the minority something sinister and beyond
the highly skilled and professional crew's power.

I remember at the time that it was a controversial crash.

Unless the DVD producers uncovered some recent evidence this may be
where the story dangles today.

You can book it as an Official Answer.  If you do find something else
you can append a comment.

Thanks for accepting my suggestion as your official answer. I've
reposted the link below, with a few additional links that I hope
you'll find to be of interest.

Gander: The Untold Story
http://www.sandford.org/gandercrash/

1989 Congressional Debates: GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND, CRASH 
http://www.globalsecurity.org/security/library/congress/1989_cr/h890720-gander.htm

Before They Sleep - Official movie site
http://beforetheysleep.com/

1985 - Aircraft Crash at Gander - Charles M Byers
http://www.pinetreeline.org/other/other18/other18an.html

UP FRONT: FAMILIES STILL SEEK ANSWERS   
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/5260/phillips.html

Time Archive: The Fall of the Screaming Eagles
http://www.time.com/time/archive/preview/0,10987,960478,00.html

My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: "arrow air" gander newfoundland cause
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22arrow+air%22+gander+newfoundland+cause

I find this subject to be fascinating. My travels on the Web are
extensive because of my activity on GA; if I come across anything that
I think you'd like to see, I'll post it here for you.

Best,
Pink

thanks Pink.

I doubt that anyone will be able to provide a truly authoritative
answer to this question. Speculation abounds.

There's lots of info here:

http://www.sandford.org/gandercrash/

Thank you for the five stars and the tip!

~pinkfreud