US, UK not helping 1961UN plane crash probe

A lawyer appointed by the United Nations to probe the mysterious 1961 plane crash death of secretary-general Dag Hammarskjold said Monday that the United States, Britain and South Africa were withholding information. Tanzanian lawyer Mohamed Chande Othman said in a report that he would need more time to finish his review. Hammarskjold had been traveling in an Albertina DC6 near the city of Ndola in what was then known as Northern Rhodesia when the crash occurred. Fifteen other people died in the disaster. At the time, the Swedish diplomat was seeking to unite Congo and stop the mineral-rich Katanga province from seceding. Two investigations concluded the crash was caused by pilot error. But since 2014, new probes have focused on a possible plot.