It has been 21 years since Italy endured the country's worst ever aviation disaster after 118 people were killed in a horror runway crash.
The Linate Airport crash in Milan, Italy caused devastation across the globe after a Scandinavian Airlines flight smashed into a private Cessna aircraft, while two of the people who tragically lost their lives were British.
Unknown of their fate, six crew members assisted the 104 travellers to board the Scandinavian flight on October 8, 2021.
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But the excited holidaymakers, who were set to travel to Copenhagen, didn't even make it off the ground before disaster struck.
As the pilot attempted to move the plane in severe fog, they ploughed into the private aircraft which was carrying just four people.
The flight consisted of two passengers and two pilots who were on the Cessna business jet to Paris.
Meanwhile, on the ground, four others were killed as the Scandinavian plane hit the baggage-handling wing of the airport.
The freak accident was caused by negligent safety procedures at the airport, inspectors found. Investigators quickly ruled out initial terrorism concerns with the tragedy coming just a month after 9/11.
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Baggage handler Salvatore Reale, who survived with burns, previously said: "I immediately thought it was a bomb that had exploded in one of the suitcases and ran to escape.
"One could hardly see anything because of the smoke, just the SAS plane inside the building. There was an acrid smell of burnt kerosene."
While a rescue worker said: "It looked like war. A burnt-out aircraft always makes a considerable impression."
Experts said the aircraft would have been speeding over 200mph, with its nose tilted, which meant the pilot wouldn't have been able to spot the small jet in time.
Last year, authorities in Milan held a mass and read out the names of the victims before placing down wreaths as a tribute to mark the 20th anniversary, reports Euro News.
Adele Scarani Pesapane, president of the victim's association, paid a heartbreaking tribute to her husband Maurizio who died in the disaster.
"The scars are the sign that it was hard and the smile is the sign that you made it," she said.
"We are here in this very significant place … because we do not want whims and fairy tales to erase the memory, we do not want the tragedy to fuel anger and resentment."
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