Douglas DC-4 crash, Jul 19, 1967 (42 killed), Antananariv...
Douglas DC-4 accident on July 19, 1967 near Antananarivo-Ivato Antananarivo Province, Madagascar with 42 fatalities.
- Date: July 19, 1967
- Aircraft: Douglas DC-4
- Location: Antananarivo-Ivato Antananarivo Province, Madagascar
- Fatalities: 42
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
A scheduled Air Madagascar flight from Antananarivo to Diego Suarez lost an engine to fire and explosion while climbing after takeoff from Ivato. The airliner stalled and crashed on a prairie about 720 meters past the runway end, killing 42 people, including Foreign Minister Albert Sylla. The record attributes the stall to the engine explosion, whose cause remained unknown.