Loss of control for unknown reasons; possible pilot incapacitation or in-flight structural failure
Site
Indian Ocean off Kayser's Beach, Cape Province, South Africa 33°13.45′S27°38.3′E / 33.22417°S 27.6383°E / -33.22417; 27.6383
Aircraft
Aircraft type
Vickers Viscount 818
Aircraft name
Rietbok
Operator
South African Airways
Registration
ZS-CVA
Flight origin
H.F. Verwoerd Airport, Port Elizabeth
1st stopover
Ben Schoeman Airport, East London
2nd stopover
J.B.M. Hertzog Airport, Bloemfontein
Destination
Jan Smuts Int'l Airport, Johannesburg
Occupants
25
Passengers
20
Crew
5
Fatalities
25
Survivors
0
South African Airways Flight 406, also known as The Rietbok Crash, was a scheduled passenger flight on 13 March 1967 that crashed into the sea on approach to East London, South Africa. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed. The cause of the accident was never determined. However, the air accident report speculated, without supporting evidence, that the captain of the plane suffered a heart attack while on approach and the first officer was unable to regain control of the aircraft.[1] Like the crash of South African Airways Flight 295 two decades later, there was, and still is great contention about the ultimate cause of the aircraft accident.[2]
^"AirDisaster.Com " Accident Database " Accident Synopsis " 03131967". AirDisaster.com. Archived from the original on 3 January 2009.
^"Was she the reason for the Rietbok crash?". Mail & Guardian. 9 April 1998. Archived from the original on 17 July 2015. Retrieved 14 August 2015.
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