ČSA Flight 511 (July 1961)
Appearance
![]() A ČSA Ilyushin Il-18 similar to the crashed aircraft | |
Accident | |
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Date | July 12, 1961 |
Summary | Controlled flight into terrain, cause undetermined |
Site | Casablanca-Anfa Airport, Morocco |
Aircraft | |
Aircraft type | Ilyushin Il-18V |
Operator | ČSA |
Registration | OK-PAF |
Flight origin | Kloten Airport, Zurich |
Destination | Rabat-Sale Airport |
Passengers | 64 |
Crew | 8 |
Fatalities | 72 |
Survivors | 0 |
ČSA Flight 511 was a flight operated by an Ilyushin Il-18 that crashed near Casablanca-Anfa Airport in Morocco on July 12, 1961. All 72 people on board were killed. The cause of the crash remains undertermined.[1]
On March 28, 1961 another Ilyushin Il-18 operating on the same flight, ČSA OK-511, crashed near Nuremberg, Germany, killing all 52 passengers and crew on board.