ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)
ČSA Flight 511 was a flight operated by an Ilyushin Il-18 that crashed in Gräfenberg near Nürnberg on March 28, 1961 during flight across West Germany.[1]
 A ČSA Ilyushin Il-18 similar to the crashed aircraft | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | March 28, 1961 |
| Summary | In-flight breakup |
| Site | Gräfenberg, Germany 49°37′N 11°15′E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-18V |
| Operator | ČSA |
| Registration | OK-OAD |
| Flight origin | Prague Ruzyně Airport |
| 1st stopover | Kloten Airport, Zurich |
| 2nd stopover | Rabat |
| 3rd stopover | Dakar |
| Last stopover | Conakry |
| Destination | Bamako |
| Passengers | 44 |
| Crew | 8 |
| Fatalities | 52 |
| Survivors | 0 |
A German investigation commission stated that the primary cause of the accident was pilot error or an autopilot malfunction. Soviet investigators refused this conclusion and stated that the accident was caused by an explosion near the tail of the plane.
On July 12, 1961, another Ilyushin Il-18 operating on the same flight, ČSA OK-511, crashed near Casablanca-Anfa Airport in Morocco, killing all 72 people on board.[2]
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