Mayday: Season 15, Episode 9

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

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.

Writing:
  • Bernard Vaillot
  • André Barro

Stars:
Release Date: 2003-09-03
Seasons: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
TMDb: 8.2/10
  • Country: CA
  • Language: Pусский | Deutsch | 日本語 | Français | English | Español
  • Runtime: 46

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