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February 22, 2022

On November 14, 1990 an Alitalia DC-9 is doing a flight from Milan to Zurich when the plane crashes into a mountain. What causes this flight to go so wrong so close to the airport?

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In Pilot Failures, Mechanical Failures Tags Alitalia, Flight 404, Pilot Error, Mechanical Failure, Zurich, CFIT
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