Airplane Crash - Francistown, Botswana 04/04/1974
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Francistown, Botswana
| Date | 04/04/1974 |
| Time | 02:35 |
| Location | Francistown, Botswana |
| Operator | Wenela Air Services |
| Route | Francistown - Malawi |
| Type | Douglas DC-4 |
| Registration | A2-ZER |
| Cn/In | 27242 |
| Aboard | 84 |
| Fatalities | 78 |
| Ground | 0 |
| Summary | The aircraft crashed into trees and burst into flames after the engines overheated resulting in loss of power. The plane was carrying gold miners. Fuel contamination. Jet A fuel contaminated the aviation gasoline. |
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