Douglas DC-6 crash, Sep 18, 1961 (16 killed), Ndola Coppe...
Douglas DC-6 accident on September 18, 1961 near Ndola Copperbelt, Zambia with 16 fatalities. Cause: Three official inquiries did not conclusively...
- Date: September 18, 1961
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-6
- Location: Ndola Copperbelt, Zambia
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Three official inquiries did not conclusively determine the cause; pilot error and external attack have both been proposed and the cause remains disputed.
A Transair Sweden Douglas DC 6B chartered by the United Nations crashed on approach to Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, shortly after midnight on 18 September 1961. The aircraft was carrying UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold and the crash killed the people on board, with one passenger reportedly dying later.