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]

Zanderij
Village
Mosquee 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)

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]

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