South African Airways Flight 295

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. South African Airways Flight 295 was a commercial flight that suffered a catastrophic fire and crashed into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius on 28 November 1987, killing everyone on board. The flight prompted conspiracy theories that the South African government was using the aircraft to smuggle arms. However, the actual cause of the fire was never determined. Flight 295, a Boeing 747-244B Combi, registered ZS-SAS, called the Helderberg and flying in the aircraft livery and colours of South African Airways, took off from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (now known as Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport), on a flight to Johannesburg via Mauritius. Dawie Uys served as the captain of the crashed flight.

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! South African Airways Flight 295 was a commercial flight that suffered a catastrophic fire and crashed into the Indian Ocean near Mauritius on 28 November 1987, killing everyone on board. The flight prompted conspiracy theories that the South African government was using the aircraft to smuggle arms. However, the actual cause of the fire was never determined. Flight 295, a Boeing 747-244B Combi, registered ZS-SAS, called the Helderberg and flying in the aircraft livery and colours of South African Airways, took off from Chiang Kai Shek International Airport (now known as Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport), on a flight to Johannesburg via Mauritius. Dawie Uys served as the captain of the crashed flight.