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 A map of Linate Airport. The blue line marks the path of the MD-87. The green line marks the intended path of the Cessna, while the red line shows its actual one. | |
| Accident | |
|---|---|
| Date | 8 October 2001 |
| Summary | Runway collision in poor visibility and inadequate taxiway signage |
| Site | Linate Airport, Milan, Italy 45°26′54″N 009°16′36″E / 45.44833°N 9.27667°E |
| Total fatalities | 118 |
| Total injuries | 4 |
| First aircraft | |
 Lage Viking, the MD-87 involved, seen at Copenhagen Airport, in 2000 | |
| Type | McDonnell Douglas MD-87 |
| Name | Lage Viking |
| Operator | Scandinavian Airlines System |
| IATA flight No. | SK686 |
| ICAO flight No. | SAS686 |
| Call sign | SCANDINAVIAN 686 |
| Registration | SE-DMA |
| Flight origin | Linate Airport Milan, Italy |
| Destination | Copenhagen Airport Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupants | 110 |
| Passengers | 104 |
| Crew | 6 |
| Fatalities | 110 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Second aircraft | |
 A Cessna Citation CJ2 similar to the one involved | |
| Type | Cessna Citation CJ2 |
| Operator | Air Evex[1]: 174 [2] |
| Call sign | DELTA INDIA ECHO VICTOR X-RAY |
| Registration | D-IEVX |
| Flight origin | Linate Airport Milan, Italy |
| Destination | Le Bourget Airport Paris, France |
| Occupants | 4 |
| Passengers | 2 |
| Crew | 2 |
| Fatalities | 4 |
| Survivors | 0 |
| Ground casualties | |
| Ground fatalities | 4 |
| Ground injuries | 4 |
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 686, a McDonnell Douglas MD-87 airliner carrying 110 people bound for Copenhagen, Denmark, collided on take-off with a Cessna Citation CJ2[1]: 1 business jet carrying four people bound for Paris, France, on 8 October 2001 at Linate Airport in Milan, Italy. All 114 people on both aircraft were killed, as well as four people on the ground.[3][4][5]
The subsequent investigation determined that the collision was caused by several nonfunctioning and nonconforming safety systems, standards, and procedures at the airport.[1]: 125 It remains the deadliest accident in Italian aviation history.[4]
- ^ a b c "Accident Boeing MD-87 SE-DMA Cessna 525-A D-IEVX Milano Linate airport October 8, 2001" (PDF). National Agency for the Safety of Flight. 20 January 2004. A-1-04. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "ANSV final report, appendix I" (PDF). ANSV. 20 January 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2011.
- ^ "114 die when jet hits plane, then rams building in Milan". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA). Associated Press. 8 October 2001. p. A2.
- ^ a b "Planes collide on Italian runway; 114 are killed". Eugene Register-Guard. (Oregon, USA). Associated Press. 9 October 2001. p. 10A.
- ^ "Wrong turn by Cessna likely caused Italy crash". Deseret News. (Salt Lake City, Utah, USA). Associated Press. 9 October 2001. p. A4.