Burke Lawrence
Captain Christian Hecquet
EpisodeS9E745 min2010-10-20
Mayday
The Final Blow (Air Inter Flight 148)
On 20 January 1992, Air Inter Flight 148 flies into a peak in the Vosges Mountains while circling to land at Strasbourg Airport, killing 87 people. An error made in programing the aircraft's autopilot, combined with a sudden wind change, caused it to descend more rapidly than expected.