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ČSA Flight 511 (March 1961)

Coordinates: 49°37′N 11°15′E / 49.617°N 11.250°E / 49.617; 11.250
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Czechoslovak Airlines Flight 511
A ČSA Ilyushin Il-18 similar to the crashed aircraft
Accident
Date28 March 1961 (1961-03-28)
SummaryIn-flight breakup
SiteIgensdorf, West Germany
now Germany
49°37′N 11°15′E / 49.617°N 11.250°E / 49.617; 11.250
Aircraft
Aircraft typeIlyushin Il-18V
OperatorCzechoslovak Airlines (ČSA)
RegistrationOK-OAD
Flight originPrague Ruzyně Airport, Prague, Czechoslovakia
now the Czech Republic
1st stopoverKloten Airport, Zurich, Switzerland
2nd stopoverRabat, Morocco
3rd stopoverDakar, Senegal
Last stopoverConakry, Guinea
DestinationBamako, Mali
Passengers44
Crew8
Fatalities52
Survivors0

Czechoslovak Airlines (ČSA) Flight 511 was a flight operated by an Ilyushin Il-18 that crashed in Igensdorf near Nuremberg on 28 March 1961 while flying across West Germany.[1]

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.[citation needed]

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