What country do USCGC Campbell and TWA Flight 800 have in common?
USCGC Campbell (WMEC-909) USCGC "Campbell" (WMEC-909) is a United States Coast Guard medium endurance cutter based at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. "Campbell" is the sixth Coast Guard Cutter to bear the name and is assigned to the Atlantic. The ship bears the distinction of having made some of the largest narcotics seizures in Coast Guard history as well as being the command ship for the TWA 800 recovery effort.
LIAT Flight 319 LIAT Flight 319 was a scheduled international flight from Hewanorra International Airport in Saint Lucia to E. T. Joshua Airport in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. On 3 August 1986, the 19-seater de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Series 310 Twin Otter airliner serving the flight, which was operated by Leeward Islands Air Transport (LIAT), crashed into the Caribbean Sea, resulting in the deaths of its eleven passengers and two aircrew.