On 7 November 2007, Nationwide Airlines Flight 723, a Boeing 737-230A owned and operated by Nationwide Airlines, performing a scheduled domestic flight from Cape Town International Airport to O. R. Tambo International Airport.

The flight crew managed to regain control of the aircraft and set it on a climb to 3,000 feet.

[4] One orbit was performed around the airport during which, another flight was landing on runway 01, and the pilots began troubleshooting the issue, noticing fuel and hydraulics leaking from the area where engine #2 had previously been.

The landing South African Airways flight was alerted by the air traffic control (ATC) about possible debris on the runway, without telling them to go-around.

During the chaos, the air traffic controller had pressed the crash alarm, alerting emergency services about what had happened, because at the time, he had observed the aircraft in a dive, however, it was not.

At the same time, emergency personnel were dispatched to the runway to clear the debris for Flight 723.

[4] The South African Civil Aviation Authority (SACAA) and the US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) were in-charge of the investigation.

[2]: 8 Two respective test analyses were performed by the Facet Consulting in South Africa and the NTSB in the United States.

The investigating team also asked Boeing Commercial Airplanes to conduct a chemical analysis of samples taken from the three cone bolts and the forward engine mount supporting fitting received during the on-site investigation.

[7][8][9] On 7 December, the SACAA agreed to allow Nationwide to continue operating its sole Boeing 767-300ER mainly because KLM was in charge of the 767's maintenance.