| Date: | August 14, 1972 |
| Location: | Konigs Wusterausen, East Germany |
| Aircraft: | Ilyushin IL-62 |
| Reg: | DM-SEA |
| Airline: | Interflug |
| Flight No: | Unknown |
| Fatalities: | 156: 156 |
| 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. |