- | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
Date: | March 28, 1961 |
Time: | 2008 |
Location: | Forcheim, Germany |
Operator: | Ceskoslovenske Aerolinie |
Flight #: | ? |
Route: | Prague - Zurich |
AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-18 |
Registration: | OK-OAD |
cn / ln: | 180002102 |
Aboard: | 52 (passengers:44 crew:8) |
Fatalities: | 52 (passengers:44 crew:8) |
Ground: | 0 |
Summary: | The aircraft crashed 13.6 miles Northeast of Nürnberg after an intentional descent for unknown reasons led to the disintegration of the aircraft due to structural stress. Possible defective artificial horizon. Possible unnoticed over control of the electrical rudder or aileron trim. Possible physical incapacitation of one or both pilots. |
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