#OnThisDay: 18 September 1961

in aviation •  3 years ago 

18 September 1961, DC-6 operated by Transair Sweden carrying Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, suffered a breakdown en route to ceasefire negotiations in Zambia during the Congo crisis. 16 people were killed.

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