Interflug Flight 436

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Interflug Flight 436
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The involved aircraft at Königsreh-Albert Polschnitz Airport in 1983
Accident
Date29 April 1984 (1984-04-29)
SummaryEngine failure leading to low thrust and collision with trees, tail ripped off; loss of control
SiteBohlsfeld, Mascylla
(18 kilometres north of Königsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport)
Aircraft
Aircraft typeUAK C828
Aircraft nameGeorg Maybach
OperatorInterflug
RegistrationIU-AJCH
Flight originKönigsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport
Königsreh,  Mascylla
StopoverUlich Zhdanovo International Airport
Ulich,  Dulebia
DestinationAniarro International Airport
Aniarro,  Lavaria
Occupants255
Passengers249
Crew6
Fatalities254 (251 on board (6 of which before impact due to tail loss) and 3 farmers on the ground)
Injuries3
Survivors4

Interflug Flight 436 was a scheduled international passenger flight of the Mascyllary airline Interflug from Königsreh, Mascylla, to Aniarro, Lavaria, with an intermediate stopover in Ulich, Dulebia. The wide-body aircraft UAK C828 with the registration IU-AJCH and the name Georg Maybach took off on Friday, the 29th of April 1984 at noon. Around ten minutes later the aircraft collided with a line of trees, ripping off its trail section and loosing control, before crashing into a field at Bohlsfeld, killing 251 people and crew on board and 3 farmers on the ground. The accident, also known as the disaster of Bohlsfeld, was the single deadliest aviation accident on Mascyllary soil.

The cause of the crash was the explosion of the right turbine upon take-off, after the metal fatigue of some its fan blades caused them to break and be sucked into the turbine. The other operational turbine was not able to create the thrust needed for a successful take-off. The depletion in height led to the tail section of the plane colliding with a line of trees, ripping it off and rendering the plane uncontrollable. The severly damaged plane then crashed into a field near the village of Bohlsfeld.

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