An SAS MD 87 crashed with a Cessena belonging to a German carrier….more than 100 are feared dead…..here is the news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/europe/newsid_1586000/1586126.stm
By: keltic - 27th October 2001 at 16:11
RE: SAS crash at Milan
In the wake of this crash, ground radar will be fitted in some airports in Spain. TFN where the serious crash happened some time ago already has one. MAD; BCN, BIO and my hometown SCQ will have it too. This radar could be also really important in cases of old planes with a defficient equipment to detect storms on approaching, night and when the cocpit radar is off. On the northwest of Spain we suffer from really bad weather and visibility problems all the time and it will be needed despite the number of operations is very short.
By: scandy - 9th October 2001 at 21:31
RE: SAS crash at Milan
as always in these tragic situations, our thoughts and prayers are with the victims and there freinds and families of sk686. a very sad and needless loss of life.
By: monster500 - 9th October 2001 at 02:28
RE: SAS crash at Milan
no ground radar was being used at linate airport
pity it may have saved those lives
By: keltic - 8th October 2001 at 18:46
RE: SAS crash at Milan
I am really sad about the crash happened in Milan this morning. Besides I am really upset with the aparent causes. We are supposed to live in a advanced place where aviation safety should be a must. It seems that there was a mistake and the small Cessna went into the runway while the SAS plane was taking off. Errors are normal but navegation systemn are thought to prevent these become fatal. The ground radar was broken for a whole year….¡ I can´t simple understand this happens in Europe. I hope some people should be taken to court and many should resign. Too many casualties. It seems to me that we haven´t learnt anything from previous colissions on the ground. The world worst accident happened in Spain Teneriffe in the seventies when two jumbos crashed on ground on fog. More than 500 people killed. In the eighties crash in MAD Barajas….
an IB 727 and a AO DC-9 100 people killed, in the US happened now again. Something must be done.
By: monster500 - 8th October 2001 at 12:17
RE: SAS crash at Milan
yeah it crashed into the baggage handling building at linate airport
all are dead no survivors
sas has released a statement at there website
www.scandinavian.net
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October 8, 2001 at 10:22 am