Durban – Johannesburg

On December 14, 1933 at 12:00 AM, Durban – Johannesburg experienced a crash involving Junkers W.34, operated by Union Airways, with the event recorded near Eshowe KwaZulu-Natal.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was flight at a mountains crash site.

6 people were known to be on board, 5 fatalities were recorded, 1 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 83.3%.

Crew on board: 2, crew fatalities: 2, passengers on board: 4, passenger fatalities: 3, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. En route from Durban to Johannesburg, the crew encountered poor weather conditions with poor visibility due to fog. Too low, the airplane impacted the slope of a hill and was destroyed. A passenger was critically injured and all five other occupants were killed.

Aircraft reference details include registration ZS-AEB, MSN 2735, year of manufacture 1933.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately -28.8892°, 31.4704°.