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Old 8th Oct 2001, 12:00
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ROME, Italy -- An airliner has crashed into a building after being cut up on the tarmac by a smaller plane, Italian media has reported.

The SAS, or Scandinavian Airlines System, plane burst into flames, reportedly killing some passengers and injuring about 100.

An SAS spokesman in Stockholm, confirmed to The Associated Press news agency the accident involving its Flight 686, the 7:35 a.m. service from Milan's Linate airport to Copenhagen.

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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