Ilyushin II-18 crash, Sep 5, 1967 (37 killed), Gander New...
Ilyushin II-18 accident on September 5, 1967 near Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada with 37 fatalities.
- Date: September 5, 1967
- Aircraft: Ilyushin II-18
- Location: Gander Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada
- Fatalities: 37
- Phase of flight: Takeoff and climb
Czechoslovak Ilyushin Il18 flight 523 from Prague to Havana via Shannon and Gander struck the ground shortly after takeoff from Gander on 5 September 1967 with 69 people aboard. It climbed at an abnormally shallow angle, its wing hit a wire on a radar mast and the aircraft burned for hours. Sources give 35 or 37 deaths, and the investigation did not establish a probable cause.