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Mayday S15E9 · Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash)

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Season 15 · Episode 9 · Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash) · 45 min

On 18 September 1961, a Douglas DC-6 operated by Transair Sweden, carrying Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, crashes en route to cease-fire negotiations in Northern Rhodesia during the Congo Crisis. All of the 16 passengers and crew members are killed.

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