Last updated: 18 October 2021
| Status: | |
| Date: | Saturday 30 June 1962 |
| Type: |  Douglas DC-4-1009 |
| Operator: | South African Airways - SAA |
| Registration: | ZS-BMH |
| MSN: | 43157 |
| First flight: | 1947 |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 5 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 46 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 51 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Aircraft fate: | Repaired |
| Location: | near Durban ( South Africa)
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| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Domestic Scheduled Passenger |
| Departure airport: | Johannesburg International Airport (JNB/FAJS), South Africa |
| Durban-Louis Botha Airport (DUR/FADN), South Africa |
A Douglas DC-4 passenger plane operated by South African Airways sustained damage to the tail fin following a collision with a North American Harvard IIA (7464, c/n 88-14163) operated by the South African Air Force.
The Harvard trainer, call sign 'Chaka 2' crashed and both pilots bailed out safely. The DC-4 continued for a safe landing at Durban.
Sources:
» Fields of Air/ by James Byrom» Viktor Culjak
» The Harvard Association of South Africa
Photos
accident date: 30-06-1962
type: Douglas DC-4-1009
registration: ZS-BMH
Map
This map shows the airport of departure and the intended destination of the flight. The line between the airports does not display the exact flight path.
Distance from Johannesburg International Airport to Durban-Louis Botha Airport as the crow flies is 500 km (313 miles).
Distance from Johannesburg International Airport to Durban-Louis Botha Airport as the crow flies is 500 km (313 miles).
This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.
