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Expert report confirms cause of last October Sas crash in Milan

Milan, Italy - 118 people died in the disaster

An expert report confirmed that fog was not the main cause for the Cessna to crash into the Sas aircraft last October at Milan airport of Linate. 118 people died in the worst air crash ever happened in Italy. The crash was due to the misleading runway signs, to the wrong airport map, to the superficial talks with the control tower, and to the lack of a ground radar and of a convenient alarm s...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 27154
Rome, Italy, 04/26/2002 16:29
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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