Leipzig - Kraków

On October 30, 1972 at 12:00 AM, Leipzig - Kraków experienced a crash involving Tupolev TU-134, operated by Interflug, with the event recorded near Berlin-Schönefeld Berlin.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

0 people were known to be on board, 0 fatalities were recorded, 0 survivors were identified or estimated.

Crew on board: 0, crew fatalities: 0, passengers on board: 0, passenger fatalities: 0, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is technical failure. Few minutes after takeoff from Leipzig-Halle Airport, en route to Kraków, Poland, the pilot informed ATC about technical problems and was cleared to divert to Berlin-Schönefeld Airport. The airplane landed hard on runway 25L and after touchdown, was unable to stop within the remaining distance. It overran and came to rest. There were no casualties but the aircraft was damaged beyond repair.

Aircraft reference details include registration DM-SCA, MSN 8 35 05 02, year of manufacture 1968.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 52.3909°, 13.5130°.