Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 crash, Oct 8, 2001 (4 killed)
Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2 accident on October 8, 2001 near Milan-Linate, Lombardy, Italy with 4 fatalities. Cause: The Cessna crew entered the active...
- Date: October 8, 2001
- Aircraft: Cessna 525A CitationJet CJ2
- Location: Milan-Linate, Lombardy, Italy
- Fatalities: 4
- Phase of flight: Taxi
- Cause: The Cessna crew entered the active runway after taking a wrong taxiway in low visibility without clearance, and air traffic control did not realise the position. Inadequate markings, signs, lighting and procedures at the airport, and radio communication problems, were contributing factors.
A Cessna 525A CitationJet taxied onto an active runway at Milan Linate in dense fog and entered the path of an SAS MD-87 that was taking off. The two aircraft collided, and the MD-87 crashed into a baggage building beside the runway. All four aboard the Cessna and all 110 aboard the MD-87 were killed, along with four people on the ground.