Accident description
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| Status: | |
| Date: | 30 JUN 1962 |
| Type: | Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| Operator: | South African Airways - SAA |
| Registration: | ZS-BMH |
| C/n / msn: | 43157 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 46 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51 |
| Airplane damage: | Substantial |
| Airplane fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | near Durban (South Africa) |
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS), South Africa |
| Durban-Louis Botha Airport (DUR/FADN), South Africa |
The C-54 made a safe emergency landing after colliding with a South African Air Force Harvard trainer, callsign 'Chaka 2'. The DC-4 landed safely with a damaged tail fin; the trainer crashed, but both occupants parachuted to safety.
Sources:
» Fields of Air/ by James Byrom
» Viktor Culjak
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
