Vickers Viscount crash, Mar 13, 1967 (25 killed), East Lo...
Vickers Viscount accident on March 13, 1967 near East London Eastern Cape, South Africa with 25 fatalities. Cause: The official investigation could not...
- Date: March 13, 1967
- Aircraft: Vickers Viscount
- Location: East London Eastern Cape, South Africa
- Fatalities: 25
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: The official investigation could not establish a definitive cause. The most likely explanation was that the captain suffered a heart attack and the copilot could not recover the aircraft before it crashed.
Scheduled South African Airways Flight 406, a Vickers Viscount ZS CVA, crashed into the sea while approaching East London on 13 March 1967. Its last transmission reported the aircraft at 2,000 ft with the coastline in sight, and all 25 people on board were killed. The official investigation did not establish a definitive cause.