Victims
| Nationality | SAS 686 | Cessna | Ground | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passengers | Crew | Passengers | Crew | |||
| Denmark | 16 | 3 | — | — | — | 19 |
| Finland | 6 | – | — | — | — | 6 |
| Germany | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Italy | 58 | — | 2 | — | 4 | 64 |
| Norway | 3 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Romania | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Sweden | 17 | 3 | — | — | — | 20 |
| United Kingdom | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Total | 104 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 118 |
The victims included nationals of nine different countries. Most of the victims were Italian and Scandinavian. One passenger listed as a Briton by SAS held United Kingdom and United States citizenships.
Four memorial services were held in honor of the SAS victims. On 12 October 2001 three separate ceremonies were held, with one in Denmark, one in Norway, and one in Sweden. On 13 October 2001 a fourth ceremony was held in Italy.
In March 2002 a forest containing 118 beeches called Bosco dei Faggi was inaugurated as a memorial to the victims in the Forlanini Park near the airport. A sculpture by the Swedish artist Christer Bording donated by SAS, called Infinity Pain, was placed in the centre of the forest.
The disaster devastated the Swedish go-kart community as some of the country's most promising young drivers were on the flight after attending an event in Milan. After the disaster, the Swedish national motorsports club started a memorial fund together with some of the relatives. The fund awards annual stipends to promising Swedish youth in go-kart.
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—Kristin Hunter (b. 1931)
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
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—Peter De Vries (b. 1910)