Samora Machel

Samora Moisés Machel (29 September 1933 – 19 October 1986) was a Mozambican military commander, politician and revolutionary. He served as the first President of Mozambique from the country's independence in 1975 until he died in a plane crash in 1986. 

 Death 
Of 44 people on board, Machel and 33 others including several ministers, senior officials of the Mozambican government, a navigator, a radio operator and 8 of 9 crew member aboard (all 6 flight attendants and both pilots) were killed in a presidential aircraft crashed near the Mozambique-South Africa border while 10 others (9 passengers and a flight engineer) survived.

Other websites
Speech by Nelson Mandela at the unveiling of the Samora Machel Memorial
The TRC's Special Investigation into the death of President Samora Machel
A case of assassination? President Samora Machel and the plane crash at Mbuzini
Biographical notes on Samora Machel
Graça Machel and Mandela
Historic film essay on Frelimo and Samora Machel's rehabilitation program

Category:1933 births
Category:1986 deaths
Category:Aviation deaths
Category:Communists
Category:Presidents of Mozambique