A Swiss Airlines flight attendant died after an emergency landing in Austria due to smoke in the cabin. The flight from Bucharest to Zurich diverted to Graz on December 23rd after engine problems caused smoke to fill the cockpit and cabin.
A passenger plane of Swiss airlines is reflected in a window of the airports tower as it arrives to Geneva, Switzerland, March 29, 2009. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)A flight attendant aboard a Swiss aircraft that made an emergency landing in Austria due to smoke in the cabin has died, the airline said Tuesday. The flight from Bucharest to Zurich on Dec. 23 diverted to Graz after engine problems and smoke filled the cockpit and the cabin, Swiss said in a statement.
The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App It said the attendant died Monday in intensive care in the hospital in Graz. The attendant was one of two crew members who were hospitalized. All 74 passengers aboard the Airbus A220-300 were evacuated after flight LX1885 landed safely, Swiss said. 'We are devastated at our dear colleague's death,' Swiss CEO Jens Fehlinger said in the statement. 'His loss has left us all in the deepest shock and grief. Our thoughts are with his family, whose pain we cannot imagine. I offer them my heartfelt condolences on behalf of all of us at Swiss.'The public prosecutor's office in Graz has ordered a forensic examination of the attendant's body, Austria's APA news agency reported. It has also appointed an aviation expert and initiated an investigation into the cause of the accident
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