This information page lists the most recent fatal airline accidents in the subregion. Accidents with no fatalities are not listed. You will also find below an updated list of airlines subject to flight restrictions in certain countries.
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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List updated regularly. | |||
2017 27 Mar | ![]() Mautaer | ETA Air Charter Britten-Norman BN2 Islander (C9-AOV) | 6 6 / 0 |
1979 12 Feb | ![]() Near Kariba | Air Rhodesia Vickers Viscount 748D (VP-YND) | 59 59 / 0 |
1978 3 Sep | ![]() Near Kariba | Air Rhodesia Vickers Viscount 782D (VP-WAS) | 56 38 / 0 |
1958 26 Dec | ![]() Salisbury | Union Aeromaritime de Transport Douglas DC-6B (F-BGTZ) | 70 3 / 0 |
1955 23 Feb | ![]() Salisbury | Central African Airways Douglas DC-3 (VP-YKO) | 26 1 / 0 |
Date | Crash location | Airline Aircraft (reg. number) | Passengers Fatalities aboard Killed on the ground |
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List updated regularly.--- See all | |||
2018 10 Jul | ![]() Pretoria | Rovos Air Convair CV-340 (ZS-BRV) | 19 1 / 1 |
2017 15 Nov | ![]() Empakaai | Costal Aviation Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (5H-EGG) | 11 11 / 0 |
2014 31 Aug | ![]() Mwanza | Safari Express Cargo Fokker F-27 MK 500 (5Y-SXP) | 3 3 / 0 |
2013 29 Nov | ![]() Bwabwata National Park | Mozambique Airline Embraer ERJ-190AR (C9-EMC) | 33 33 / 0 |
2012 5 Dec | ![]() Near Ladysmith | Military - South African Air Force Douglas C47-TP (6840) | 11 11 / 0 |
2011 14 Oct | ![]() Xakanaka Airstrip | Moremi Air Charters Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (A2-AKD) | 11 8 / 0 |
2011 8 Feb | ![]() Off Plettenberg Bay | Majuba Aviation Pilatus PC-12/47 (ZS-GAA) | 9 9 / 0 |
2009 15 Nov | ![]() Windhoek | Air Nave Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (ZS-OUT) | 4 1 / 0 |
2009 24 Sep | ![]() Merebank | SA Airlink British Aerospace Jetstream 41 (ZS-NRM) | 3 1 / 0 |
2008 8 Nov | ![]() Between Kibo & Mawenzi Peaks of Mt. Kilimanjaroi | East African Air Charters Cessna 206 (5Y-AOO) | 5 4 / 0 |
2007 16 Jun | ![]() Vungano Hills | Nyika Safaris Cessna 206 (?) | 6 6 / 0 |
2007 5 Jan | ![]() Matabwe | DJB Air Charter Piper PA-31-310 (5H-MUX) | 10 1 / 0 |
2006 16 Dec | ![]() Mbeya | Air Charter - Tanzanian Air Services Cessna 310R (5H-TZA ) | 6 3 / 0 |
2006 30 Jun | ![]() Vilanculos | Naturelink Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (ZS-POG) | 3 1 / 0 |
2005 18 May | ![]() Mongu | Military - Zambia Air Force Yunshuji Y-12 (AF-216) | 13 13 / 0 |
2005 23 Mar | ![]() Off Mwanza | Air Transport Ilyushin IL-76TD (ER-IBR) | 8 8 / 0 |
2003 26 Jun | ![]() Near Rooisand Desert Ranch | Comvac Aviation Cessna 208B Grand Caravan (V5-CAS) | 4 4 / 0 |
2002 1 Jun | ![]() George | Airquarius Aviation - Charter Hawker Siddeley HS-748-372 (ZS-OJU) | 3 3 / 0 |
1999 6 Dec | ![]() Johannesburg | Charter - Flightline Charter Services Piper PA-31-350 (ZS-OJY) | 9 9 / 0 |
1999 1 Sep | ![]() Mount Meru | Northern Air (Tanzania) Cessna 404 Titan II (5HNAT) | 12 12 / 0 |
1998 24 Aug | ![]() Pretoria | Speed Service Couriers DC-3-65TP (ZS-NKK) | 2 1 / 0 |
1997 13 Sep | ![]() Off Namibia | Military - Luftwaffe / Military - USAF Tupolev TU-154M / C-141 Starlifter (1102/65-9405) | 33 33 / 0 |
1995 2 Aug | ![]() Johannesburg | Aero Air Antonov An-2R (RA-05708) | 3 3 / 0 |
1991 25 Nov | ![]() Sena | STASA Douglas C-47B-DK (C9-STD) | 3 1 / 0 |
1990 17 Feb | ![]() Near Ngwerere | Military - Zambian Air Force DHC-5 Buffalo (AF316) | 29 29 / 0 |
1989 10 Nov | ![]() Maluti Mountains | Military - Royal Lesotho Defence Force Casa 212 Aviocar (LDF-46) | 18 18 / 0 |
1988 18 Jun | ![]() Central Mozambique | Military - Mozambique Air Force Mil Mi-8 (helicopter) (?) | 25 21 / 0 |
1988 12 Apr | ![]() Near Hennenman | United Airways Douglas DC-3C (ZS-UAS) | 24 24 / 0 |
1988 1 Mar | ![]() Near Johannesburg | Commercial Airways (Comair) Embraer 110P1 Bandeirante (ZS-LGP) | 17 17 / 0 |
1987 6 Nov | ![]() Ulongue | Air Malawi Shorts SC-7 Skyvan 3-100 (7Q-YMB) | 10 10 / 0 |
1986 19 Oct | ![]() Near Komatipoot | Government of Mozambique Tupolev TU-134A (C9-CAA) | 44 34 / 0 |
1986 10 Jul | ![]() Maputo | Military - Zimbabwe Air Force Douglas C-47A (7312) | 17 17 / 0 |
1986 30 Mar | ![]() Near Pemba | Military - Mozambique Air Force Antonov AN-26 (042) | 54 49 / 0 |
1985 15 May | ![]() Vilanculos | Empresa Nacional de Transp. Trabalho Aereo Britten-Norman BN-2 Islander (C9-AMV) | 5 5 / 0 |
1983 5 Jun | ![]() Cape Town | Air Taxi - Linair Express Cessna 402B (ZS-KVG) | 9 7 / 0 |
1980 5 Dec | ![]() Dar es Salaam | Tanzania Aviation Piper PA-42 Cheyenne (5H-TAL) | 10 10 / 0 |
1977 14 May | ![]() Near Lusaka | IAS Cargo Boeing 707-321C (G-BEBP) | 6 6 / 0 |
1976 4 May | ![]() Near Monze | de Havilland Aircraft de Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter 300 (C-GDHA) | 11 9 / 0 |
1974 4 Apr | ![]() Francistown | Wenela Air Services Douglas DC-4 (A2-ZER) | 84 78 / 0 |
1973 28 Dec | ![]() Durban | Executive Funds Douglas DC-3 (ZS-DAK) | 25 1 / 0 |
1971 26 May | ![]() Near Capetown | Military - South African Air Force Hawker Siddeley HS 125-400B (3) (01 / 02 / 03) | 11 11 / 0 |
1970 6 Oct | ![]() Near Germiston | National Airways Douglas DC-3 (ZS-DKR) | 11 3 / 0 |
1968 20 Apr | ![]() Near Windhoek | South African Airways Boeing B-707-344C (ZS-EUW) | 128 123 / 0 |
1967 13 Mar | ![]() Off East London | South African Airways Vickers Viscount 818 (ZS-CVA) | 25 25 / 0 |
1963 8 Aug | ![]() Wemmershoek Mountains | Military - South African Air Force Avro Shackleton MR3 (1718K) | 13 13 / 0 |
1963 8 Aug | ![]() Wemmershoek Mountains | Military - South African Air Force Avro Shackleton MR3 (1718K) | 13 13 / 0 |
1962 6 Mar | ![]() Near Seymour | South African Airways Douglas DC-3 (ZS-DJC) | 7 2 / 0 |
1961 17 Sep | ![]() Ndola | Transair Sweden Douglas DC-6B (SE-BDY) | 16 16 / 0 |
1953 29 Mar | ![]() Mtara | Central African Airways Vickers 616 Viking 1B (VP-YEY) | 13 13 / 0 |
1951 15 Oct | ![]() East Griqualand | South African Airways Douglas DC-3 (ZS-AVJ) | 17 17 / 0 |