Twenty-one years ago the Linate plane crash, the first "Day not to forget" celebrated today

twenty-one years ago, at Linate international

airport

Milan, was not an ordinary day: on that date

An MD-87 aircraft of the Scandinavian company SAS and a private Cessna

, which was taking off, collided on the runway, causing

.

Since then, established last year with a special law, the “

has been celebrated , which commemorates the victims of transport, not just air.

"We commemorate it - recalled the

during the ceremony that took place this morning - to preserve and renew the memory of those who lost their lives due to air, road, rail, sea and aim to sensitize the competent institutions to a greater attention to problems related to transport safety while respecting the centrality of the passenger ".

The law was born on the initiative of ENAC and with the support of the Ministry of Sustainable Infrastructure and Mobility.

Today a commemoration ceremony took place in the Bosco dei Faggi, next to the Milanese airport.

While the Fire Brigade, at the time protagonists of the rescue operations, published a video to remember the tragedy and commemorate the victims.