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Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308, a McDonnell Douglas MD-80, crashes in Corsica, killing all 180 people on board.
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Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308
1981 aviation accident
Inex-Adria Aviopromet Flight 1308 was a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 aircraft operating a Yugoslavian charter flight to the French island of Corsica. On 1 December 1981, the flight crashed on Corsica's Mont San Petru killing all 180 people on board. The crash is the first, and the…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
McDonnell Douglas MD-80
Jet airliner model, series based on the DC-9
The McDonnell Douglas MD-80 is a series of five-abreast single-aisle airliners developed by McDonnell Douglas. It was produced by the developer company until August 1997 and then by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The MD-80 was the second generation of the DC-9 family, originally…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Corsica
Island and administrative region of France
Corsica is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland, west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north of the Italian island of Sardinia, the nearest…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)