Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460


Aero Trasporti Italiani Flight 460 was a flight that crashed on 15 October 1987 on Mount Crezzo, near Conca di Crezzo, Italy, that took the lives of 34 passengers and 3 crew. The aircraft took off from Milan-Linate for a flight to Cologne. Icing conditions existed. Fifteen minutes after takeoff, while climbing through FL147 in IAS hold mode the aircraft rolled left and right. The plane rolled 41deg right, 100deg left, 105deg right and 135deg left. During pull up three anomalous pitch trim movements set the elevator to pitch down, preventing recovery.
The ATR crashed nose down into a 700 m high mountain following an uncontrolled descent.