Airplane Crash - Near Konigs Wusterausen, East Germany 08/14/1972
Details of airplane crash/ shootdown - Near Konigs Wusterausen, East Germany
| Date | 08/14/1972 |
| Time | 17:00 |
| Location | Near Konigs Wusterausen, East Germany |
| Operator | Interflug |
| Route | Berlin - Birgas |
| Type | Ilyushin IL-62 |
| Registration | DM-SEA |
| Cn/In | 00702 |
| Aboard | 156 |
| Fatalities | 156 |
| 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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