| - | ACCIDENT DETAILS |
| Date: | January 20, 1992 |
| Time: | 19:20 |
| Location: | Mt. Saint-Odile, near Strasbourg, France |
| Operator: | Air Inter |
| Flight #: | 148 |
| Route: | Lyon - Strasbourg |
| AC Type: | Airbus A320-111 |
| Registration: | F-GGED |
| cn / ln: | 015 |
| Aboard: | 96 (passengers:90 crew:6) |
| Fatalities: | 87 (passengers:82 crew:5) |
| Ground: | 0 |
| Summary: | The aircraft hit a mountain while on approach to Strasbourg. Design deficiencies with the rate-of-descent mode selector switch. The crew inadvertently selected 3,300 fpm descent on approach (displayed as 33) instead of 3.3 degree flight path angle (displayed as 3.3 in the same place on the panel) and this went unnoticed. The plane was slightly off course due to ATC errors. No GPWS was installed. The electronic locator beacon was destroyed in crash, putting survivors at risk for over 4 hours before the wreckage was located. |
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