SA Boeing 707 crashes in Namibia

Date: 20 Apr 1968
Updated: 30 Sep 2019

Pretoria, a Boeing 707 of South African Airways (SAA), en route to London and only in use for seventeen days, crashed and exploded shortly after take-off from Windhoek airport. Of the 129 people on board, 122 were killed.

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South African History Online. (2011, March 16). SA Boeing 707 crashes in Namibia. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0012099

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