Swiss International Airlines flight LX-41 made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 11th.
The plane was flying from Los Angeles, California, when it experienced a hydraulic failure, prompting the pilots to declare an emergency.
The plane landed safe. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
Swiss International Airlines flight LX-14 made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on April 17th.
The plane, heading from Zurich, Switzerland, to New York, had to turn back due to a hydraulic failure.
The plane landed uneventfully. No injuries were reported.
A 25-year-old Swiss passenger prevented a potential aviation disaster after reporting that a spanner was stuck in the plane’s wing.
Just moments before the EasyJet flight EZS1465 was scheduled to take off, Christophe spotted the spanner and immediately told the airline personnel.
According to the airline, “easyJet can confirm that EZS1465 from Geneva to Copenhagen on 4 March retuned to stand prior to departure from Geneva as a result of a passenger informing crew about noticing an object in the wing… In line with our procedures, the captain took the decision to return to stand for it to be investigated. A spanner was discovered and removed and the flight departed with a small delay.”
The incident is being investigated.
Swiss Avro flight LX-2808 had to reject takeoff at Zurich Airport, Zurich, Switzerland, on March 10.
The Airbus RJ-100 was about to take off for Geneva, Switzerland, when the control tower reported sparks coming from the left hand engine, causing the plane to return to the apron.
All passengers were accommodated in a replacement plane.
Austrian Airlines flight LX-1193 had to make an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on January 17.
The plane was flying from Nuremberg, Germany, when the pilots noticed stuck flaps and declared an emergency.
The plane landed safely. No injuries were reported.
A Swiss International Airlines Airbus en route from Zurich to Helsinki developed a brake problem, and return to Zurich.
The plane made a safe landing. No further notification has been made public regarding the condition of the brakes, but the plane was taken from rotation for maintenance and inspection.
Passengers were booked an alternative flights.
Swiss International Air Lines is the flagship airline of Switzerland. Its main hub is Zurich Airport.
Swiss International Airlines flight LX-18 had to return and make an emergency landing at Zürich Airport, Switzerland, on November 26.
The Airbus A330-300, heading towards Newark, New Jersey, had to return due to hydraulic failure.
The plane landed safely.
All 203 passengers and 12 crew members aboard remained unhurt.
A Learjet 60 plane, carrying Macedonian Prime Minister Nikola Gruevski, made an emergency landing in Zurich, Switzerland, on May 21.
Prime Minister Gruevski was returning to Skopje from Strasbourg when his jet had to make an emergency landing due to technical issues. According to a government spokesperson, “The (technical) failure manifested as a strong noise, from an unknown origin, and it was followed by perturbation of the cabin pressure,”
The plane landed uneventfully. Everyone aboard remained unhurt.
A small plane crashed in the canton of Vaud, Switzerland, shortly before 3 p.m. on February 23.
The single engine plane, carrying 2 people, went down shortly after it took off from an airstrip in Yverdon-les-Bains.
Both people aboard the plane were killed in the crash. The deceased include the 59-year-old pilot from Geneva and his 48-year-old passenger from canton of Vaud,
The Swiss accident investigation is looking into the cause of accident.
Two small planes collided midair over Wil, a town in St. Gallen canton in northeastern Switzerland, in the afternoon of August 24.
According to St. Gallen Canton Police, both the aircrafts, one en-route from Lommis airport in Thurgau canton and the other flying from Zurich, were able to land in emergency after the collision.
One of the planes landed in a field. All 4 people aboard this plane, including the pilot, were seriously injured.
The second plane landed in a Sitterdorf airfield, injuring the pilot and 2 passengers on board.
The cause of the collision is under investigation.
The Eithiopian Airlines Boeing 757 flown from Addis Ababa to Geneva instead of its intended destination Rome was commandeered by its co-pilot, who was seeking asylum in Geneva.
The co-pilot told ATC the plane was being hijacked, and after he landed, climbed down a rope from the cockpit, and told ground police forces that he was the hijacker.
Ethiopia, which has a reputation of targeting journalists, opposition and minorities, has a deteriorating human rights record, and owns Ethiopia Airlines. Charges against the co-pilot could result in a twenty year prison sentence.
No one was injured in the hijacking, but two Italian fighter jets “escorted” the plane to Geneva. Two hundred and two people were aboard.
On July 1, 2013 at 9: 45, a Swiss Helicopter Group Eurocopter AS 350B3 Ecureuil with four people aboard crashed in the Swiss Alps near Kröntenhütte, Uri.
The pilot, two flight assistants and a technician were killed. The victims were between 25 and 60 years old and the helicopter was one year old.
The helicopter had started off at 7 in Erstfeld, flew to Andermatt, then to Leutschachhütte. The pilot was dropping off someone in Kröntenhütte but instead crashed in a cloud of smoke.
Police, fire and the air rescue service responded. Currently, there is no explanation for the crash.
An investigation of Swiss Helicopter Group is now underway.
Dec 20, 2012, at 16:30 a Bell UH-1D Huey en route from Balzers to St. Gallen, Switzerland developed engine problems.
The pilot touched down with skids, bounced, and crashed into a cottage in Rüthi in the Rhine valley about 200 meters from the highway. The gearbox and rotor were ten meters from the body of the helicopter.
The four people aboard the helicopter were hospitalized with minor injuries. Rescue services considered the damage to the helicopter and said that it was lucky there were no fatalities.
What: HeliSwiss Bell Jet Ranger training flight
Where: Tschäggeten-Alp, Kandertal, Berner Oberland Switzerland
When: May 24, 2012
Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities
Why: Three Swiss pilots, one of them a flight instructor leading the training flight crashed after hitting a wire.
The flight went missing at 5:45, after which a search continued until darkness in the rugged terrain was too dangerous.
The Heliswiss helicopter crashed into a tributary of the Kander Valley. The site of the impact is a steep, wooded, rocky slope in Tschaggenten-Alp, an area with poor reception, which is hindering recovery services.
After a fire was spotted, rescue teams were flown in, halted overnight (with only security guards on hand) and recovery begun again May 25th.
A team has been assembled to care for the family members.
The Bell Jet Ranger is an American helicopter.
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What: Skywork Airlines Dornier Do-328-100 en route from Bern to Vienna
Where: Zurich
When: Mar 14th 2012
Why: While en route, the plane developed a problem with cabin pressure. The crew had perform a descent to safe levels.
Pilots returned to Bern where they made a safe landing.
What: Groupement de Vol à Moteur Lausanne Piper PA-32R-301 Saratoga SP en route from Blécherette to Ecuvillens.
Where: Chatel-St-Denis, near Tatroz
When: April 28, 2012
Who: 6 aboard, 6 fatalities
Why: Four men and two women died when their Piper apparently stalled and crashed in a field near Chatel-St-Denis. The plane circled low over the village before crashing. They were about thirty minutes out of Lausanne-Blécherette.
50 firefighters responded to the scene and a team of psychologists.
The plane is a total loss. The unidentified remains were taken to the University Center of Legal Medicine in Lausanne
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What: British Airways Airbus A319-100 en route from London UK to Zurich Switzerland
Where: Zurich
When: Dec 11th 2011
Why: On approach to Zurich, passengers and crew smelled an odor described as “burning” and “electrical.”
The crew made an accelerated approach and wore oxygen.
They made a safe landing.
Pilots taxied to the gate as usual, and passengers disembarked, with emergency services on standby.
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What: Elal Boeing 737-800 en route from Tel Aviv Israel to Zurich Switzerland was on approach to Zurich
Where: near Zurich
When: Oct 31st 2011
Why: On approach to Zurich, the right hand engine developed problems. The crew idled the engine, and went on to make a safe landing in Zurich.
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Contact photographer Urs Zimmermann
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What: Swiss Airbus A320-200 en route from Zurich Switzerland to Madrid, Spain
What: Swiss Airbus A320-200 en route from Zurich Switzerland to Moscow Domodedovo Russia
Where: Zurich
When: Mar 15th 2011
Why: To save space, lets call these planes Swiss Airbus Spain and Swiss Airbus Russia …
Swiss Airbus Spain was taking off when ATC had them abort the takeoff.
Swiss Airbus Russia was taking off simultaneously, and they were allowed to continue.
An an ILS calibration flight was measuring runways 14 and 16 in the area at the same time. Russia was on one of the runways being measured, but not Spain.
Swiss Airbus Spain stopped with hot brakes, and takeoff was delayed for three hours. Russia was allowed to continue.
A near miss may be a near collision, but a close call is a close call. And this was a close call.
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Contact photographer Petar Meznarek
What: Windrose Air Jetcharter Hawker Beechcraft 390 Premier IA en route from Zagreb Croatia to St. Moritz Switzerland
When: Dec 19 2010
Who: 2 aboard
Why: A corporate jet scheduled eventually to fly to Rome aborted its landing and banked into a transformer in St. Moritz, bursting into flames. The German pilot and first officer did not survive the crash.
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Contact photographer Johannes Klinghardt
What: Emirates Airbus A340-300 en route from Zurich to Dubai
Where: Zurich
When: Nov 26th 2010
Why: On its takeoff run, pilots reported thrust reverser issues. They rejected takeoff and the flight was cancelled for maintenance.
