Sabotage and Cover-up: Inquiry hears 1967 plane crash ‘wiped out’ man who could’ve altered SA history
Robyn Lichter was 11 years old in 1967 when the 56-seater Springbok Flight 406 “Rietbok”, the plane carrying her father, Joseph Blankfield, mysteriously plunged into the ocean off Kayser’s Beach, East London, killing all 25 people on board.
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