The first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place when two men hijack a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet the Letaba en rou

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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01Kalley, J.A.; Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds)(1999). Southern African Political History: a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.
02https://www.news24.com

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, May 18). The first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place when two men hijack a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet the Letaba en rou. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083460

South African History Online (2012) 'The first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place when two men hijack a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet the Letaba en rou', South African History Online, 18 May. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083460 (Accessed: 25 October 2026).

South African History Online, The first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place when two men hijack a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet the Letaba en rou [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083460, (accessed 25 October 2026).

"The first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place when two men hijack a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet the Letaba en rou." South African History Online, 18 May 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083460. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

South African History Online. "The first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place when two men hijack a SAA Boeing 727 tri-jet the Letaba en rou." South African History Online. May 18, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0083460.