15 October 1951
One of SAA’s early aircrafts, a Dakota, crashed into the Ingeli Mountain in Kokstad on 15 October 1951. It was operating a service from East London to Durban when it crashed, killing all seventeen passengers. It was SAA’s third fatal crash. The Dakotas were replaced by the  Hawker Siddeley 748 turbo-prop aircrafts in 1970. By 1971, all Dakotas had been phased out. Today, South Africa, has lower air fatalities when compared with other countries.
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