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The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport en route to London with 122 people on boar
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Last updated · 30 Sep 2019
South African History Online. (2012, April 13). The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport en route to London with 122 people on boar. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081867
South African History Online (2012) 'The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport en route to London with 122 people on boar', South African History Online, 13 April. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081867 (Accessed: 28 September 2026).
South African History Online, The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport en route to London with 122 people on boar [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081867, (accessed 28 September 2026).
"The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport en route to London with 122 people on boar." South African History Online, 13 Apr. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081867. Accessed 28 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. "The Boeing 707 Pretoria of SAA crashes just after take off from the Windhoek airport en route to London with 122 people on boar." South African History Online. April 13, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0081867.
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