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	'''Golden Pacific Flight 008''' (GP8/GPC8) was a scheduled passenger flight from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport to [[Greenfield International Airport]] with a stop in Hawaii. On March 14th 1996 the [[Golden Pacific]] Boeing 767-200ER operating this flight overran the runway while landing due to a loss of control resulting from strong crosswinds. There were 184 casualties on the plane and a further 21 on the ground, making for the deadliest accident in GIA since a Lockheed Electra operated by the Marine Corps crashed into the bay in 1973, and the deadliest in all of California.		'''Golden Pacific Flight 008''' (GP8/GPC8) was a scheduled passenger flight from Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport to [[Greenfield International Airport]] with a stop in Hawaii. On March 14th 1996 the [[Golden Pacific]] Boeing 767-200ER operating this flight overran the runway while landing due to a loss of control resulting from strong crosswinds. There were 184 casualties on the plane and a further 12 on the ground, making for the deadliest accident in GIA since a Lockheed Electra operated by the Marine Corps crashed into the bay in 1973, and the deadliest in all of California.

	The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was subsequently written off.		The aircraft was damaged beyond repair and was subsequently written off.