Deadly Mission (1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash) Mayday : Season 15 Episode 9
TV-14 National Geographic 45m int(0)
Aired: February 29th, 2016 @ 8:00 PM EST on National Geographic
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.