| Date: | Thursday 29 August 1963 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Douglas C-47B-35-DK (DC-3) |
| Owner/operator: | East African Airways Corp. - EAAC |
| Registration: | VP-KJT |
| MSN: | 33278/16530 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1945 |
| Engine model: | Pratt & Whitney R-1830-90C |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Other |
| Location: | Francistown Airport (FRW) -
 Botswana
|
| Phase: | Standing |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Francistown Airport (FRW/FBFT) |
Destroyed by fire. The airplane was due to fly 28 South African refugees to Tanganyika (now Tanzania). The police treated the fire as sabotage.
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