c The Associated Press
MILAN, Italy (Oct. 8) - An SAS airliner collided with a wayward small private plane on the runway of Milan's Linate airport Monday, plowed into a building and then burst into flames, killing at least 114 people.
Government officials ruled out terrorism. The Interior Ministry said the accident was most likely the result of ''human error'' and poor visibility from heavy morning fog.
The SAS plane, an MD 87 with 104 passengers and six crew members, hit a twin-engine Cessna, swerved off the runway and ran into a baggage handling depot, the Interior Ministry said in a statement.
It said the Cessna, a Citation II, was on the wrong runway.
Transport Minister Pietro Lunardi put the death toll at 114 with four ground workers missing. Fifty-six of the SAS victims were Italians, the rest other nationalities, he told an airport news conference.
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