page_title: 1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash
section_title: Aircraft and crew
hierarchical_section_title: 1961 Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash / Aircraft and crew
caption_attribution_description: SAS DC-6, Alrek Viking SE-BDE at Bromma Airport, Stockholm, Sweden
context_page_description: The Ndola United Nations DC-6 crash occurred on 18 September 1961 in Northern Rhodesia. The crash resulted in the deaths of all people onboard including Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, and 15 others. Hammarskjöld had been en route to cease-fire negotiations with Moise Tshombe during the Congo Crisis. Three official inquiries failed to determine conclusively the cause of the crash, which set off a succession crisis at the United Nations.
context_section_description: The aircraft involved in this accident was a Douglas DC-6B, c/n 43559/251, registered in Sweden as SE-BDY, first flown in 1952 and powered by four Pratt & Whitney R-2800 18-cylinder radial piston engines. It was flown by captain Per Hallonquist (35); co-pilot Lars Litton (29); and flight engineer Nils Goran Wilhelmsson.
caption: Swedish DC-6, similar to the lost aircraft, 1960s
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