Alitalia Flight 404
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Alitalia Flight 404, flown by a McDonnell Douglas DC-9
-32 aircraft, crashed near the Zurich-Kloten Airport, Switzerland
on 14 November 1990. The airplane with 46 people on board made a controlled flight into the mountain
Stadlerberg, 5 miles short of the runway, because of a faulty ILS
receiver. All on board died.
Today, 404 is the flight number for the Alitalia route Rome
-Frankfurt
.
McDonnell Douglas DC-9
The McDonnell Douglas DC-9 is a twin-engine, single-aisle jet airliner. It was first manufactured in 1965 with its maiden flight later that year. The DC-9 was designed for frequent, short flights. The final DC-9 was delivered in October 1982.The DC-9 was followed in subsequent modified forms by...
-32 aircraft, crashed near the Zurich-Kloten Airport, Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
on 14 November 1990. The airplane with 46 people on board made a controlled flight into the mountain
Controlled flight into terrain
Controlled flight into terrain describes an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, under pilot control, is unintentionally flown into the ground, a mountain, water, or an obstacle. The term was coined by engineers at Boeing in the late 1970s...
Stadlerberg, 5 miles short of the runway, because of a faulty ILS
Instrument Landing System
An instrument landing system is a ground-based instrument approach system that provides precision guidance to an aircraft approaching and landing on a runway, using a combination of radio signals and, in many cases, high-intensity lighting arrays to enable a safe landing during instrument...
receiver. All on board died.
Today, 404 is the flight number for the Alitalia route Rome
Rome
Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
-Frankfurt
Frankfurt
Frankfurt am Main , commonly known simply as Frankfurt, is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany, with a 2010 population of 688,249. The urban area had an estimated population of 2,300,000 in 2010...
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