'Leave our ocean gravesite alone': SAA crash relatives' oppose dive expedition
'My motivation is solving the mystery — I'm not some grave robber'
30 March 2025 - 00:00
A bitter dispute over exploring the wreckage of an SAA passenger aircraft that crashed into the ocean off the coast of East London 58 years ago has stirred up claims of an apartheid-era cover-up and a call to have the “grave site” protected. ..
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