One of the country’s biggest aviation disaster mysteries – the crash of a scheduled SA Airways passenger flight into the sea while approaching East London – was finally solved last week after 55 years. | City_Press
This picture was taken in March 1963 shortly after the plane was purchased by SAA from the Cuban airline Cubana. The “Rietbok” crashed into the sea approximately 2,5km from the shoreline on its approach to East London on March 13 1967 Photo: SAA Museum ArchivesThe Rietbok, a Vickers Viscount, crashed inexplicably on March 13, 1967. The wreck could not be found.
For many years, it was speculated that sabotage had contributed to the disaster, as there were at least two people on board ordered to be “taken out” because they did not support the apartheid government of then prime minister Dr Hendrik Verwoerd. However, the latest information suggests that a simple pilot error led to the disaster.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month.
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