[1] On September 14, 1979, the Douglas DC-9 operating the flight struck a rocky mountainside during an attempted landing at Cagliari, resulting in the loss of all 31 passengers and crew on board.

The first officer confirmed this and announced that they would start the final approach with a slight deviation to the right of the beacon.

In the last minute and a half of the flight, the captain asked the first officer to lower the undercarriage and continued the descent.

At an altitude of 2000 feet (610 m) the DC-9 hit the rocky mountainside of Conca d'Oru with the lower part of the fuselage, causing the aircraft to break up.

The plane was a McDonnell Douglas DC-9, built in 1975 and delivered new to Aero Trasporti Italiani registered as I-ATJC.