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Interflug Flight 102

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Interflug Ilyushin Il 62 Bidini
Interflug Ilyushin Il 62 Bidini

Interflug Flight 102 ended in a crash involving an Ilyushin IL 62M on 17 June 1989. The aircraft, while attempting to take off from Berlin Schönefeld Airport, East Germany, crashed into obstacles on the ground at the end of its takeoff, costing 21 lives.

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