| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | December 23, 1978 |
| Time: | 0039 |
| Location: | Off Cinisi, Sicily, Italy |
| Operator: | Alitalia |
| Flight #: | 4128 |
| Route: | Rome - Palermo |
| AC Type: | McDonnell Douglas DC-9-32 |
| Registration: | I-DIKQ |
| cn / ln: | 47227/334 |
| Aboard: | 129 (passengers:124 crew:5) |
| Fatalities: | 108 (passengers:103 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft crashed into ocean during a landing approach. Poor monitoring of altitudes and too early a transition from ILS to visual flight procedures. |
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