What REALLY happened this doomed flight?? Inex-Adria 1308

Nice work GDA! I was sitting next to Franc Terglav at the DC-9 ground course in January 1980. Few things were not mentioned in the movie: 1) MD-80 cockpit was significally different from the DC-9s, so much so that it became a distinct type after the crash. It mattered in the crash because they (wrongly) armed 3000 instead of MHA which would never have happened in the DC-9 which had no such possibility. The pilots got differences course by Douglas (some slides and minimal sim time) instead of the full type rating course. 2) As the DC-9 in the fleet had no GPWS installed, the pilots were not given training for it, hence their no immediate reaction. It was probably the first time they have ever heard it sound. 3) Adria was expanding rapidly then and as Cpt Kunovic was passed for the instructor position he got the MD-80 course in USA as a consolation prize. I am positive he would not fly below MHA had he been in the DC-9. Terglav and I were FOs on the DC-9 for a year after which we were told to get on MD-80. He went, I refused (and got punished for it). Moreover, in the summer of 1981 Terglav was told (come winter) he was going back on the DC-9 to start training to become Captain. 4).....etc...etc I left Adria in 1987 and had a fruitful career in international aviation and retired with over 16 thousand flying hours.

Hearing "Terrain, pull up" always gives me chills

After watching a number of your videos, a pattern is emerging. Not having a radar at an airport is very dangerous!

I knew a guy who died in this accident. He was a glider pilot, then his priorities changed when he got married. He had children, built a house and after 10 years in 1981 started flying again. He got the tickets for this flight and this was the first trip for him and his wife, since all their resources were used for their family and the house. Their two little girls became orphans and grew up with their grandparents.

Overlaying the chart on a terrain map and adding animations to show what the plane was doing versus what ATC thought was happening really helped to understand the narration. Well done.

Airport had no radar. This alone, just like at Tenerife, was a major factor in this tragedy

The controller seemed to have made a lot of assumptions! Definitely not in control.

Watching this unfold made this hard to handle. A variable size holding pattern over mountains. An assumption by the controller of “that’s the way we do things here” as if everyone knows this. It goes on and on.

An accident I haven't actually heard of before. Thank you Green Dot Aviation.

When the pilot said " "We're in holding over Ajaccio, call you inbound on radial 247" it must have been because he felt that something was not right with the descent clearance and he wanted to make 100pct sure that the controller knew where they were. When the controller for inexplicable reasons responded "Roger" he could be certain that there was no danger. According to Wikipedia, the controller was cleared of blame and continued to work as a controller. I find this unbelievable.

Astonishing the controller wasn’t blamed for assuming the pilots ignored the ESTABLISHED holding pattern !!!!

An EXCELLENT video, thank you. I spent 12 years flying the MD80; four years in the right seat and another eight years in the left seat. The graphics and flight deck presentation are spot on-outstanding. This is among the BEST videos I have ever seen. I was not aware of this accident. Your presentation is wonderful and I have absolutely no suggestion on how you could have improvedz it. Thank you again! Respectfully,

This is the best representation of tragic JP1307 flight so far. One of the greatest aircraft tragedies that impacted so many Slovenian families, including mine. After more than 40 years, I finally stopped asking myself “what if …”. Many I know, still can’t. I’ve had the opportunity to work for Adria Airways as an aircraft mechanic, which had subsequently helped me to find my peace with the loss of one of my parents and closure to an event, which marked my life irreversibly. Thank you for making this video in a professional way using comprehensive facts outlining how seemingly minor details came to rest forever on Mt. San Pietro.

Thank you so much for making this video! Very difficult to watch. Our mom was an Adria employee at the time and this video brings back all the pain and many sad memories. Me and my brother lost our parents at the age of 12 and 18 in this accident and were separated on the same day only to be reunited years later. Her remains were never found. This tragedy marked us - and so many other families across Slovenia and former Yugoslavia - for life and no time will ever take away the pain and the feeling of loss and emptiness. I so wish that they would still be around and enjoy seeing their grandchildren and their children grow up. i hope they are proud of us and what we have become. Incomprehensible that the ACT just moved on to another airport..

Why would you have a VOR with the same name as the airport? If the VOR had been named differently, the controller would not have been able to assume that the plane was inbound to the airport and understood that the plane was holding over the VOR.

Controller should’ve been thrown in jail for negligent manslaughter. The man “assumed” they were going to skip the holding pattern instead of confirming it. Thats crazy to say the least.

Baffling the holding pattern wasn't out over the sea. Absolutely baffling.

I live not to far from the crash site, in southern Corsica, I have been many times to the crash site.. very sad site, when you get to the summit of the mountain, you can find some wing pieces, and when you go down, on the other side, there are still fuselage pieces left.

Great job! This one is special for me, because my parents knew quite a few people on that flight and to this day, we light a candle to them at the Ljubljana cemetery where there is a monument to the victims. Thank you.

There were so many crashes because of missing (ground)radars, that's unbeliveable. Fortunately this got so much better over time. Great video as always!