Interflug Flight 1107

Interflug Flight 1107
	An Interflug Tu-134 similar to the aircraft involved in the accident
Accident
Date	1 September 1975
Summary	Controlled flight into terrain
Site	Leipzig/Halle Airport
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Tupolev Tu-134
Operator	Interflug
Registration	DM-SCD
Flight origin	Stuttgart Airport
Destination	Leipzig/Halle Airport
Passengers	28
Crew	6
Fatalities	27
Survivors	7

Interflug Flight 1107 was a flight operated by East German airline Interflug from Stuttgart in West Germany to Leipzig in East Germany. On 1 September 1975 a Tupolev Tu-134 operating on the route crashed during its approach to Leipzig, killing 27 of the 34 passengers and crew on board.

Accident

The aircraft descended with guidance from air traffic control using a precision approach radar. Despite this the crew allowed the aircraft to descend too quickly and failed to check what was the decision height for Leipzig Airport. The Tu-134 struck a radio mast only two to three metres above its base and crashed. Three of the six crew and 24 of the 28 passengers were killed in the crash. The majority of the passengers were travelling to visit the Leipzig Trade Fair.^[1] The surviving crewmembers and the radar controller were all sentenced to prison terms as a result of the crash.^[2]

References

^ "Schau erinnert an Interflug-Tragödie". Bild. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
^ "Accident synopsis, Tupolev Tu-134 DM-SCD". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

[1] "Schau erinnert an Interflug-Tragödie". Bild. 25 June 2010. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

[2] "Accident synopsis, Tupolev Tu-134 DM-SCD". Aviation-safety.net. Retrieved 22 December 2012.

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East Germany (1949–1991)	F-84 Thunderstreak incident (September 1961) T-39 shootdown incident (January 1964) Königs Wusterhausen air disaster (August 1972) Interflug Flight 1107 (September 1975) Aeroflot Flight 892 (December 1986) Interflug Flight 102 (June 1989)
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