Innsbruck crashed in West Germany on the Munich—Nuremberg highway near Langenbrück in a slightly nose-down attitude. The aircraft broke up upon impact killing all 48 occupants (four crew, 44 passengers). Accident investigators established an electrical systems failure as the accident's probable cause. This meant that during the subsequent descent vital instruments for indicating the flight attitude showed increasingly incorrect readings resulting in loss of control. See also List of defunct airlines of the United Kingdom Notes and citations Notes Citations References "Gone but not forgotten... British Eagle", Aircraft Vol 42, No 10, Ian Allan Publishing, Hersham, October 2009 Further reading External links "Airline Profile Number Thirty-four in the series — British Eagle" Flight International, 18 April 1968 "British Eagle's chairman interviewed" Flight International, 18 April 1968 "British Eagle's One-Eleven Operation" Flight International, 1 June 1967 "Eagle Western Again", Flight International, 7 March 1968 "Collapse of an Airline", Editorial, Flight International, 14 November 1968 "The Eagle Close-down" Flight International, 14 November 1968 "A Case of Fitness", Flight International, 14 November 1968 "Where the Real Failure Lies", Flight International, 28 November 1968 British Eagle International Airlines at the Aviation Safety Network Database contemporary timetable images britisheagle.net Defunct airlines of the United Kingdom Airlines established in 1948 Airlines disestablished in 1968