100 feared dead after jet crashes.MORE than 100 people are feared dead after an airliner crashed into a building at Milan's Linate airport Linate Airport (IATA: LIN, ICAO: LIML) one of the two major airports of Milan, Italy along with Malpensa International Airport. Due to its proximity to Milan compared to Malpensa, it is mainly used for domestic and short-haul international flights, with over 9. today, apparently after being cut off on the runway by a smaller aircraft. The SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. MFD-80 airliner, with 104 people on board, 56 foreigners Foreigners alienage the condition of being an alien. androlepsy Law. the seizure of foreign subjects to enforce a claim for justice or other right against their nation. gypsyologist, gipsyologist Rare. and 48 Italians, was about to takeoff in thick fog when a small Cessna aIrcraft was said to have crossed in front of it. The airliner, en route to Copenhagen, reportedly crashed into a baggage-handling building after taking evasive action Noun 1. evasive action - an action aimed at evading an opponent maneuver, manoeuvre evasion - the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver in an attempt to avoid hitting the smaller plane. Some of the wreckage fell several hundred yards away from the scene of the accident. Rescuers said it was unlikely that there would be any survivors. All four aboard the Cessna were reported dead. Fire crews were at the scene extinguishing the fire. Linate is Milan's second airport, after its main hub at Malpensa. |
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