- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | August 14, 1972 |
Time: | 1700 |
Location: | Near Konigs Wusterausen, East Germany |
Operator: | Interflug |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Berlin - Birgas |
AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-62 |
Registration: | DM-SEA |
cn / ln: | 00702 |
Aboard: | 156 (passengers:148 crew:8) |
Fatalities: | 156 (passengers:148 crew:8) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | In cargo bay 6, hot air, leaking from an air conditioning system, melted insulation off cabling causing a short circuit in the stabilizing system. Melting insulation ignited flammable fluid which led to an uncontrollable fire that eventually weakened the structure until the tail fell off. |
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