How One Mistake Led To The Death Of Samora Machel – The First President Of Mozambique

On October 19, 1986, a presidential flight carrying Samora Machel—the founding President of Mozambique and an iconic anti-colonial leader—crashed into the Mbuzini mountains near the South African border.

Was it a fatal navigation error caused by bad weather and outdated equipment, or a calculated assassination orchestrated by South Africa’s Apartheid regime using a decoy radio beacon?

In this documentary, we unpack the final flight of the Tupolev Tu-134, the investigation behind the crash, the political tension between Mozambique and Apartheid South Africa, and the one critical mistake that changed the political landscape of Southern Africa forever.

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