ZS-BMH, Douglas DC-4-1009, Oshkosh, August 1994, Crash, Photo

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Code Number:

TAFV11P13_11

Title:

ZS-BMH, Douglas DC-4-1009, Oshkosh, August 1994

Registration: ZS-BMH
CN: 43157
First flight: 1947

Accident Report:
Operator: South African Airways - SAA
Date: 30 JUN 1962
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
Destination airport: Durban-Louis Botha Airport (DUR/FADN), South Africa
Narrative:
This aircraft made a safe emergency landing after colliding with a South African Air Force Harvard trainer, call sign 'Chaka 2'. The DC-4 landed safely with a damaged tail fin; the trainer crashed and both occupants parachuted to safety.

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