Zanderij
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Zanderij | |
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Village | |
 Mosque in Zanderij (1964) | |
  Zanderij Location in Suriname | |
| Coordinates: 5°27′23″N 55°12′22″W / 5.45639°N 55.20611°W | |
| Country |  Suriname |
| District | Para |
| Resort | Zuid |
| Time zone | UTC-3 (ART) |
Zanderij is a village located in the northern part of Suriname, situated 50 kilometres south of the capital Paramaribo on the Southern East-West Link. The Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport is located near the village.[1]
On 7 June 1989, Surinam Airways Flight 764 crashed in Zanderij, killing 178 of the 187 passengers on board, including a group of professional Dutch football players. Only 11 people and a dog survived. The dog was named "Lucky" by the police.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Samenvattingen". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
- ^ "The forgotten story of … the Colourful XI tragedy". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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