Embraer EMB-120 Brasília crash, Dec 21, 1987 (16 killed)
Embraer EMB-120 Brasília accident on December 21, 1987 near Bordeaux-Mérignac, Gironde, France with 16 fatalities. Cause: Controlled flight into...
- Date: December 21, 1987
- Aircraft: Embraer EMB-120 Brasília
- Location: Bordeaux-Mérignac, Gironde, France
- Fatalities: 16
- Phase of flight: Approach and landing
- Cause: Controlled flight into terrain during the foggy ILS approach, because the crew did not monitor altitude and the aircraft was poorly managed on the trajectory (pilot error per the French inquiry as summarised on Wikipedia).
An Embraer EMB-120 Brasilia operated by Air Littoral crashed into a forest at Eysines while on an ILS approach to Bordeaux Merignac in fog on 21 December 1987. All 16 people aboard were killed. The French inquiry attributed the accident to the crew's handling of the approach.