- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | April 04, 1974 |
Time: | 0235 |
Location: | Francistown, Botswana |
Operator: | Wenela Air Services |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Francistown - Malawi |
AC Type: | Douglas DC-4 |
Registration: | A2-ZER |
cn / ln: | 27242 |
Aboard: | 84 (passengers:80 crew:4) |
Fatalities: | 78 (passengers:75 crew:3) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed into trees and burst into flames after the engines overheated resulting in loss of power. The plane was carrying gold miners. Fuel contamination. Jet A fuel contaminated the aviation gasoline. |
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