Zanderij

This article is about the town of Zanderij. For the airport which is colloquially called Zanderij, see Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.

Zanderij
Village
Mosque in Zanderij (1964)
Zanderij Location in Suriname
Coordinates: 5°27′23″N 55°12′22″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

1. "Samenvattingen". Suriname.nu (in Dutch). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
2. "The forgotten story of … the Colourful XI tragedy". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 March 2021.

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