South African Airways Flight 228

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Event aviation_accident Q7565425
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South African Airways Flight 228

Summary

South African Airways Flight 228 is an aviation accident[1]. It draws 107 Wikipedia views per month (aviation_accident category, ranking #289 of 1,410).[2]

Key Facts

  • South African Airways Flight 228's instance of is recorded as aviation accident[3].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's operator is recorded as South African Airways[4].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's location is recorded as Windhoek Hosea Kutako International Airport[5].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's location is recorded as Windhoek[6].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's location is recorded as South-West Africa[7].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's point in time is recorded as +1968-04-20T00:00:00Z[8].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': -22.449444444444445, 'lon': 17.53388888888889}[9].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0g9vg8n[10].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's has cause is recorded as controlled flight into terrain[11].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's number of deaths is recorded as {'amount': '+123'}[12].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's number of injured is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[13].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's start point is recorded as OR Tambo International Airport[14].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's destination point is recorded as London Heathrow Airport[15].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's number of survivors is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[16].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's Aviation Safety Network accident ID is recorded as 19680420-0[17].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's vessel is recorded as Boeing 707[18].
  • South African Airways Flight 228's related image is recorded as SAA Boeing 707 Wheatley-1.jpg[19].

Why It Matters

South African Airways Flight 228 draws 107 Wikipedia views per month (aviation_accident category, ranking #289 of 1,410).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  8. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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  17. [19] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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