South African Airways Flight 295

When

28 Nov 1987

Kind

Air disaster

Coordinates

19.18° S, 59.63° E

Description

flight that crashed in the Indian Ocean in 1987

Deaths

159

Injured

0

1987 aviation accident in the Indian Ocean

South African Airways Flight 295, sometimes referenced and known as the Helderberg disaster, was a scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan, to Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, with a stopover in Plaisance Airport, Plaine Magnien, Mauritius.

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• Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “South African Airways Flight 295 crashes into the Indian Ocean off Mauritius, due to a fire in the cargo hold; the 159 passengers and crew perish”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “An Bord einer Boeing 747 der South African Airways bricht auf einem Linienflug von Taiwan nach Südafrika aus ungeklärter Ursache ein Frachtbrand aus”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “у берегов Маврикия потерпел катастрофу Boeing 747-244B Combi компании South African Airways, погибли 159 человек”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Spanish), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “al noreste de la isla Mauricio se incendia y cae el vuelo 295 de South African Airways”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Chinese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南非航空295號班機在模里西斯附近的印度洋上墜海，159人罹難。”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
• Wikipedia year pages (Japanese), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “南アフリカ航空295便墜落事故”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page