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ČSA Flight 511 (July 1961)

12 Jul 1961 · Casablanca-Anfa Airport, Morocco

ČSA (Československé Státní Aerolinie) Ilyushin Il-18V · Controlled flight into terrain, cause undetermined

From Zürich Airport (ZRH) to Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA)

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Event

Event typeAccident: someone killed or seriously injured, or the aircraft substantially damaged (NTSB definition). Incident: an occurrence that affected or could have affected safety, short of that. Glossary
Accident
Event fatalities
72 · all aircraft and ground
Ground fatalities
Unknown
Occupants
Unknown
Survivors
0
InjuriesFatal: death within 30 days. Serious: over 48 hours in hospital within a week, most broken bones, severe bleeding, nerve or organ damage, or serious burns. Minor: anything less. Glossary
Unknown
OperationWhat kind of flying it was, grouped by the rules it flew under: airline (US Part 121), air taxi and commuter (Part 135), general aviation (Part 91 and similar), military or government. Glossary
Airline

Ilyushin Il-18V

Aircraft type
Ilyushin IL-18
Category
Airplane · from aircraft type
RegistrationThe aircraft's tail number, such as N12345 or G-ABCD. Registrations are reissued, so the same one years apart can be a different aircraft. Glossary
OK-PAF
Onboard fatalities
72
Route
From Zürich Airport (ZRH)To Rabat-Salé Airport (RBA)

Approximate · Coordinates from the Wikipedia article; not checked against an investigation report.

From the Wikipedia article

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 undetermined.

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Wikipedia article: ČSA Flight 511 (July 1961)
Article
ČSA Flight 511 (July 1961)
Revision
1363477326 · 2026-07-10 · retrieved 2026-09-18
Wikidata
Q16662473
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Text CC BY-SA 4.0, by the article's authors; Wikidata CC0; town positions GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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Record
Wikipedia article "ČSA Flight 511 (July 1961)" (page 63283722, revision 1363477326)
Date
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Place and country
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Map position
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Aircraft, operator and route
Wikipedia infobox: aircraft type, registration, operator, origin and destination; route airports from the linked airport articles' Wikidata codes (OurAirports)
Operation
flight number in the article title
Fatalities
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Ground fatalities
not stated in the Wikipedia infobox
Summary
Wikipedia infobox: summary
Source notes (1)
  • Wikipedia · Facts from the Wikipedia article's infobox and coordinates, not checked against an investigation report. Independent review pending.