- | 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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