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On that fateful morning, two aircraft were poised for departure from Linate Airport in northern Italy. The first aircraft, a Scandinavian Airlines McDonnell Douglas MD-87, was bound for Copenhagen, while the second, a Cessna Citation CJ2, was headed for Paris. The Scandinavian flight carried 104 passengers and a crew of six—mostly Italians, alongside nationals from Denmark, Sweden, Norway, and Finland.