Highly collectible South African Book about the tragic Heldeberg Flight

Watt, Ronnie; foreword by C S Margo, chairman of the board of inquiry

The Helderberg. Death Flight SA 295 (1990)

Book in Good condition.No damage to spine or hardcover. Profusely illustrated. Protected by plastic stick on wrap and I believe all these editions were covered with this wrap.Light foxing to first 2 inner pages. Contents clean, clear and bright.

First Edition First Impression 1990

Published: Southern Book Publishers, Johannesburg, 1990

Edition: First

Published 28 years ago, this report provides an authoritative and comprehensive illustrated commentary on an aircraft crash that changed the rules about passengers and freight in a single aircraft.

• documents the last flight of the South African Airways Boeing 747 cargo and passenger aircraft which crashed into the sea in 1987 some 134 nautical miles from Mauritius with the loss of all 159 passengers and crew
• details the search and rescue operation and the recovery efforts (Operation Resolve); for underwater photography and the retrieval of vital parts of the wreckage (including the cockpit voice recorder), these achieved a then record depth of 4400 m below sea-level
• describes all the aircraft, ships and underwater vessels involved in the multi-million-dollar search
• gives details of the board of enquiry and its findings
• includes several appendixes listing the names of passengers and the membership of the rescue teams and the other bodies
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