September 18, 1961
The Flash Over Ndola
The death of Dag Hammarskjöld in the Ndola plane crash on September 18, 1961
A chartered airliner carrying the world's chief peacemaker fell into the African bush minutes from the runway, and the men who should have rushed to help waited nine hours. More than sixty years and half a dozen inquiries later, the United Nations still cannot say for certain whether it was an accident or murder.
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