Jirgin Sama na Afirka ta Kudu 228

Jirgin saman Jirgin Sama na Afirka ta Kudu 228  ya kasance da shirin tashi daga Johannesburg, Afirka ta Kudu, zuwa London, Ingila. Jirgin da ke tafiyar da jirgin, wanda ke da makonni shida kacal, ya tashi ne a kasa jim kadan bayan tashinsa bayan da aka tsara ya tsaya a Windhoek, Afirka ta Kudu maso Yamma (a yau Namibia) Afrilu 20, 1968. Fasinjoji biyar sun tsira, yayin da mutane 123 suka mutu. Binciken da ya biyo baya ya gano cewa hatsarin yana da nasaba da kuskuren matukin jirgi; daga baya mai kera ya kuma gane rashin tsarin faɗakar da kusancin ƙasa a cikin jirginsa. Hadarin shi ne hatsarin jirgin sama mafi muni zuwa yau a Namibiya.

Tarihin Jirgin 228
South African Airways Jirgi mai lamba 228 ya kasance na shirin tashi daga Boeing 707-320C Pretoria rajistar ZS-EUW, daga Filin jirgin sama na Jan Smuts International, Johannesburg, zuwa Filin jirgin saman Heathrow ta Windhoek, Luanda, Las Palmas, da Frankfurt. Kyaftin Eric Ray Smith (49) ne ya tuka jirgin mai lamba 228, tare da jami'in farko John Peter Holliday (34), jami'in agaji na farko Richard Fullarton Armstrong (26), Navigator na jirgin Harry Charles Howe (44), da injiniyan jirgin Phillip Andrew Minnaar (50) 

Kafa ta farko ta jirgin daga Johannesburg zuwa  JG Strijdom Airport, Windhoek, Afirka ta Kudu maso Yamma, bai yi nasara ba. Wasu karin fasinjoji 46 ne suka shiga cikin birnin Windhoek, kuma an sauke wasu daga cikin jiragen da aka yi lodi.
Jirgin ya tashi daga Windhoek a kan titin jirgin sama 08 da karfe 18:49 agogon GMT (20:49 agogon gida). Dare ne mai duhu, mara wata, da 'yan kaɗan, idan akwai, haske a ƙasa a buɗaɗɗen sahara a gabashin titin jirgin sama; Jirgin ya tashi ne a cikin abin da aka bayyana a cikin rahoton hukuma a matsayin Bakin Rami wanda aka fi sani da "Black Hole". 
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