South African Airways Flight 295

 South African Airways Flight 295 (flight,  deep event?)

Date	28 November 1987
Deaths	159
Survivors	0

South African Airways Flight 295 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Taoyuan International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan, to Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, with a stopover in Plaisance Airport, Plaine Magnien, Mauritius. On 28 November 1987, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 747-200 Combi named Helderberg, experienced a catastrophic in-flight fire in the cargo area, broke up in mid-air, and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. An extensive salvage operation was mounted to try to recover the aircraft's flight recorders, one of which was recovered from a depth of 4,900 metres (16,100 ft).

Official inquiry

The official inquiry, headed by Judge Cecil Margo, failed to determine the cause of the fire, leading to suspicion about the true nature of Flight SA 295's cargo..

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