Video: 'Air Crash Investigation - Fanning the Flames (South African Airways Flight 295)'

(Saturday, November 28, 1987, 4:07 a.m. MUT) — South African Airways Flight 295, a commercial flight from Taiwan to South Africa, suffered a catastrophic in-flight fire in the cargo area early today and crashed into the Indian Ocean 125 miles southeast of Mauritius, killing all 159 people on board.

The official inquiry was unable to determine the cause of the fire.