This Changed Air Communication FOREVER! Inex-Adrià Flight 1308

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In 1981, Inex-Adrià flight 1308 set out to fly one of their new MD81's on a routine flight from Ljubljana to Ajaccio. When miscommunications occurred between the experienced pilot and the brand new approach controller, things took a turn for the worst.
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 add-ons:
Aircraft:
LEONARDO SOFTWARE - FLY THE MADDOG X
Airports:
- SCENIC ROUTES - LJLJ - LJUBLJANA AIRPORT
- PILOT EXPERIENCE SIM - LFKJ - AJACCIO NAPOLEON BONAPARTE AIRPORT

Sources:
Admiral Cloudberg - Cleared for Catastrophe: The Crash of Inex-Adria Avioproment Flight 1308:
Wikipedia - Inex-Adria Flight 1308:
In Pictures: Remembering Adria Airways:
EX-UY Aviation - Handover ceremony of Inex Adria's first DC-9 Super 80:
ICAO - Manual of Radiotelephony:
Navigraph Charts by Simbrief:

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[the.pineapple]

There is only a couple of videos covering the unfortunate YU-ANA flight. But none of them covered the procedural part in so much detail as you. For which I am very grateful. It has been 42 years since this accident happened and since I lost one of the parents in this accident, I was only 1 month old. I have searched a lot to get answers but there were always conflicting stories about what really went wrong. Many people didn’t get their closure. And many still cannot accept what really happened. Thank you for this episode (too).

[neoey]

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[blau.specht]

The fact that a freshly trained ATC with just one month of active duty was operating the tower without supervision especially in a difficult airport without radar like this one is mind-boggling to me. That seems like a invitiation of accidents to happen...

[anonymus]

My father actually flew with the same plane (YU-ANA) and most of the crew less than a week earlier also on a charter flight from Greece. If I remember correctly that flight was also chartered by the travelling agency Kompas so even the same tour guides were on that unlucky flight. He knew some of them personally.
We went on a family trip to Corsica and Sardignia in ‘06 and stayed in a hotel and saw Mt. San Pietro in the distance. My father just watched from the balcony and said nothing. As we drove past the mountain he was quiet all the time which was strange to me at the time as I did not know what has happened there as I was to young to comprehend. The thing I also remember was that as we were leaving Sardignia for Venice we got to the airport and found out that the flight was an MD-82 from AlItalia and upon seeing what plane it was my father went all pale and nervous.
To this day I can clearly remember about one week later when we were at home he finally broke down and told me what has happened and why he was acting all strange during our trip…
Greetings from Slovenia

[fifio]

I knew a guy who lost his life, along with his wife, on this flight.
He was a glider pilot who just started flying after a some years of hiatus. When he got married, his priorities changed, he built a house for for his young family, raise their two daughters, flying became sidelined.
After a few years, he could afford to start flying again, it was the year when I started flying. At the end of the year he got the tickets for this flight, it was the first trip he and his wife had together, it turned out, it was also their final and their two daughters became orphans and were raised by their grandparents.

[Whitestripe]

The fact that they were SO close to clearing the mountain - just a matter of several feet - makes this all the worse for me. It's so painful, so tragic - they were so close to getting through this. Damn!

[damakuc]

Quick shoutout from Slovenia - this accident added a significant dent into the trust we had of flying back then. It is so ironic to see, how much information was available in the final report, but the news just talked about mountains and unexpected fog - seemed so "reasonable" at the time

[Sandman-crzn]

One of my first thoughts as a non-pilot was "who the hell set up a holding pattern over a mountain range for an approach to a seaside airport" 😂

[JamesStreet-tpvb]

When I heard " mountains" "fog" "unexperienced controller" "language barrier" I knew this wouldn't end well.

[dekikkerfan]

This one strikes way too close to home. I was born after this happened, but my parents knew quite a few people on this flight. To this day on Nov 1st, they go light a candle at the monument dedicated to the victims at the central cemetery in Ljubljana, and I do the same, even though this was before my time and I obvs didn't know anybody. Thanks for covering it!

[SamHe-nmsz]

Mentor pilot: mentions betterHelp

Me: sighs, lets check the comments

[nicolekent]

Hi! Better help therapists are NOT licensed pls read the fine print

[kdmq]

At my old industrial job, I had a supervisor that told me to always repeat the instruction you get from your partner back to them, rather than just saying "yes, I'll do that". That way, if your readback of the instruction is wrong, your partner will catch the mistake and read it back correctly. As you have said, <1% of misunderstandings will slip through this safety net.

[jeremypearson]

I haven’t found anyone that brings these accidents and incidents to life the way you do. Keep up the good work.

[gregordonaj]

Greetings from Slovenia! I heard of this accident as being the worst in the history of our country when they finally decided to clean up the debris in 2008. And btw, my compliments of your good prononciation of Slovene names.

[JohnSmithShields]

I hope your contract with this scam organisation ends soon.

Great video other than the advertiser.

[mihoje]

A tragedy showcasing Reason's swiss cheese model. We went over this accident in ATC training but you could never get ATC instructors to explain the pilots thoughts this well. Thank you a lot for this.

[MrThinlySliced]

As a young lad (in Air Cadets at the time) on a french exchange (mid 80s ish?) - I gingerly asked to go up and chat with the flight crew and say hello for a moment, which I did. They gave me a warm welcome and described the instruments and operations and asked a little about my glider experiences. I went back to my seat.

As we got near to landing, a stewardess invited me back up into the cockpit to sit on the center jump seat as we landed in Paris at night.

Thank you two anonymous pilots! Absolutely amazing. I still can't believe how lucky I was. (No, I didn't get into aviation after all, went the route of Uni + computers.)

[Springbok]

I still remember my experience on a Lufthansa 737 flight from FRA-BEG in June '79. The cockpit crew allowed me to come up halfway through the flight and sit in the jumpseat. I didn't leave the cockpit until after we reached the gate. I treasure that memory. The entire cabin and flight crew were amazing.

[tsbrownie]

As a pilot I am often reminded of the Farside cartoon that shows 2 pilots in their cockpit, in clouds, with a goat in front of them. "I wonder how that goat got way up here."