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South African Airways Flight 406
South African Airways Flight 406, also known as the Rietbok Crash, was a scheduled passenger flight on 13 March 1967 that crashed into the sea on approach to East London, South Africa. All 25 passengers and crew on board were killed. The air accident report speculated, without supporting evidence, that the pilot of the plane suffered a heart attack while on approach and the co-pilot was unable to regain control of the aircraft. Like the crash of South African Airways Flight 295 two decades
crashes while on approach to Roberts International Airport due to pilot error, killing 51 of 90 on board as well as five on the ground.
- March 9 – TWA Flight 553, a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, collides with a Beechcraft Baron near Dayton, Ohio, killing all 26 on both planes.
- March 10 – West Coast Flight 720, a Fokker F27 Friendship crashes shortly after taking off from Klamath Falls, Oregon. All four occupants are killed.
- March 13 – South African Airways Flight 406,