Air disaster

Air Inter Flight 148

20 Jan 1992 · 48.43° N, 7.41° E

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When
20 Jan 1992
Kind
Air disaster
Coordinates
48.43° N, 7.41° E
Description
plane crash in France
Deaths
87
Injured
9
Cause
controlled flight into terrain

Air Inter Flight 148

1992 aviation accident in France

Air Inter Flight 148 was a scheduled passenger flight from Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Airport to Strasbourg Airport in France. On 20 January 1992, the Airbus A320 operating the flight crashed into the slopes of the Vosges Mountains in Eastern France, near Mont Sainte-Odile, while on a non-precision approach to Strasbourg Airport. A total of 87 of the 96 people on board were killed, while the remaining 9 were all injured.

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