Air Inter Flight 148
Air Inter Flight 148 (officially Flight 5148) was a scheduled passenger flight from Lyon Satolas Airport to Strasbourg Airport in France. On 20 January 1992, the Airbus A320 operating the flight crashed into the slopes of the Vosges Mountains, France, near Mont Sainte-Odile, while on a non-precision approach at Strasbourg Airport. Eighty-seven of the 96 people on board were killed, while the remaining nine were all injured.
F-GGED, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in January 1991 | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 20 January 1992 |
| Summary | Controlled flight into terrain on approach at night |
| Site | Mont Sainte-Odile, west of Barr, 10.5nm S/W of Strasbourg Airport, Strasbourg, France 48°25′31″N 007°24′18″E |
| Aircraft | |
| Aircraft type | Airbus A320-111 |
| Operator | Air Inter |
| IATA flight No. | IT5148 |
| ICAO flight No. | ITF148DA |
| Call sign | AIR INTER 148 DELTA ALPHA |
| Registration | F-GGED |
| Flight origin | Lyon Satolas Airport, Lyon, France |
| Destination | Strasbourg Airport, Strasbourg, France |
| Occupants | 96 |
| Passengers | 90 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 87 |
| Injuries | 9 |
| Survivors | 9 |
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