A Taiwanese customs official performed a surprise inspection of some of the cargo he did not find anything that could be characterised as suspicious. The master waybills stated that 47,000 kilograms (104,000 lb) of baggage and cargo were loaded on the aircraft. Flight 295 had 140 passengers and six pallets of cargo on the main deck. The Boeing 747-200B Combi model permits the mixing of passengers and cargo on the main deck according to load factors on any given route and Class B cargo compartment regulations. This was the 488th built 747, made its first flight on 12 November 1980 and was delivered to South African Airways (SAA) on 24 November 1980. The aircraft involved, a Boeing 747-244BM Combi registered ZS-SAS and named Helderberg. This lack of a conclusion led to conspiracy theories, debates and speculation about the nature of Flight 295's cargo being advanced, as well as a subsequent post-apartheid investigation and calls from relatives of those on the flight to re-open the investigation in the years following the accident. The official inquiry, headed by Judge Cecil Margo, was unable to determine the cause of the fire. ![]() An extensive salvage operation was mounted to try to recover the aircraft's flight recorders, one of which was recovered from a depth of 4,900 metres (16,100 ft). On 28 November 1987, the aircraft serving the flight, a Boeing 747-200 Combi named Helderberg, experienced a catastrophic in-flight fire in the cargo area, broke up in mid-air, and crashed into the Indian Ocean east of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board. South African Airways Flight 295 ( SA295/SAA295) was a scheduled international passenger flight from Chiang Kai-shek International Airport, Taipei, Taiwan, to Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa, with a stopover in Plaisance Airport, Plaine Magnien, Mauritius. Jan Smuts International Airport, Johannesburg, South Africa ![]() In-flight fire of undetermined origin in cargo hold leading to loss of control and in-flight breakup ZS-SAS, the aircraft involved in the accident
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