Lilienwald air disaster
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 Wreckage and parts of the two planes the day after the accident | |
| Mid-air collision | |
|---|---|
| Date | 14 August 1979 |
| Summary | Mid-air collision caused by pilot error |
| Site | Lilienwald-Sigismundsee, Lilienburg (and Rudolfszell, Mascylla) |
| Total fatalities | 281 |
| Total survivors | 0 |
| First aircraft | |
 IU-GCE, the Interflug aircraft involved, in 1977. | |
| Name | Kreuzer Sigismund |
| Operator | Interflug |
| Call sign | Interflug 661 |
| Registration | IU-GCE |
| Flight origin | Lannbrück-Meißhardt International Airport, Lannbrück,  Mascylla |
| Destination | Rakonitz-Krjisnik International Airport, Rakonitz,  Krumlau |
| Occupants | 187 |
| Passengers | 171 |
| Crew | 16 |
| Fatalities | 187 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
 DP-AWU, the DAT aircraft involved, in 1978. | |
| Type | Be-202 |
| Name | Aleksandr Korolyov |
| Operator | DAT |
| Call sign | Dulebian 21 |
| Registration | DP-AWU |
| Flight origin | Ulich Zhdanovo International Airport, Ulich,  Dulebia |
| Destination | Königsreh–Albert Polschnitz Airport, Königsreh, Mascylla |
| Occupants | 94 |
| Passengers | 89 |
| Crew | 5 |
| Fatalities | 94 |
| Survivors | 0 |