| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | August 14, 1972 |
| Time: | 1700 |
| Location: | Near Konigs Wusterausen, East Germany |
| Operator: | Interflug |
| Flight #: | ? |
| Route: | Berlin - Birgas |
| AC Type: | Ilyushin IL-62 |
| Registration: | DM-SEA |
| cn / ln: | 00702 |
| Aboard: | 156 (passengers:148 crew:8) |
| Fatalities: | 156 (passengers:148 crew:8) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | In cargo bay 6, hot air, leaking from an air conditioning system, melted insulation off cabling causing a short circuit in the stabilizing system. Melting insulation ignited flammable fluid which led to an uncontrollable fire that eventually weakened the structure until the tail fell off. |
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