Ilyushin II-18 crash, Mar 28, 1961 (52 killed), Forchheim...
Ilyushin II-18 accident on March 28, 1961 near Forchheim Bavaria, Germany with 52 fatalities. Cause: German investigators cited pilot error or an...
- Date: March 28, 1961
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-18
- Location: Forchheim Bavaria, Germany
- Fatalities: 52
- Phase of flight: En route
- Cause: German investigators cited pilot error or an autopilot malfunction; Soviet investigators concluded an explosion near the tail caused the accident.
A CSA Czechoslovak Airlines Ilyushin Il 18 on a flight from Prague to Zurich and onward crashed near Nuremberg in West Germany on 28 March 1961, killing all 52 people on board. German investigators cited pilot error or an autopilot malfunction. Soviet investigators concluded an explosion near the tail was the cause.