NDOLA AIR CRASH
Pilot Blamed By Inquiry (N.Z.P. A.-Reuter—Copyright) SALISBURY. Feb. 10. The Rhodesian Federal inquiry into the air crash near Ndola last September in which the United Nations Secretary-General (Mr Dag Hamm’arskjold) lost his life, yesterday attributed the crash to a “pilot’s error.” Mr Hammarskjold had been on his way to Ndola from Leopoldville for talks with President Tshombe, of Katanga. The United Nations is currently conducting its own inquiry into the crash. The report ruled out any possibility of the aircraft having been shot down.
It said: “The aircraft was allowed by the pilot to descend too low, so that it struck the trees and was brought to the ground.” Careful post morteqis of the bodies of the 16 persons killed in the crash had been made. Indications were they had died from injuries received in the crash. Bullets found in the bodies of two soldiers had been examined microscopically to reveal none of them had passed through a rifle barrel. The report said there were “no grounds for attributing the crash to sabotage.”
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29746, 13 February 1962, Page 7
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176NDOLA AIR CRASH Press, Volume CI, Issue 29746, 13 February 1962, Page 7
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