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 later , there was , and still is great contention about the ultimate cause of the aircraft accident
South African Airways Flight 295
South African Airways Flight 295
South African Airways Flight 406