Linate Airport disaster

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Linate Airport disaster
Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 686 · Air Evex D-IEVX

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; 22 years ago (2001-10-08)
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 / 45.44833; 9.27667
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

The Linate Airport disaster occurred in Italy at Linate Airport in Milan on the morning of Monday, 8 October 2001. 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. 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]