The search for the cause of the fire that brought down Swissair Flight 111 on the evening of September 2, 1998, killing all 229 people aboard, took over four years and cost $39 million.

The finance minister, Kaspar Villiger, said the government regretted the “painful consequences” which would follow for a section of the Swissair Group workforce, but confirmed that a state ...

On a balmy September evening in 1998, Swissair flight 111 was in big trouble. A fire in the cockpit ceiling had at first blinded the pilots with smoke, leaving them to rely on instruments to ...

An overview. The end of the airline Swissair was a national trauma. The grounding in the fall of 2001 was followed by the largest economic criminal proceedings in the history of Switzerland.

The government’s contribution is aimed at keeping Swissair’s fleet in the air until the end of March when a new airline built around the regional carrier, Crossair, would take over.

The demise of airline Swissair in 2001 was a huge blow to Switzerland's economy and to the country's morale. It was a sad day for Swiss history when the airline's fleet was grounded on 2 October 2001.

She was responding to another colleague's remark about how unfortunate it was that, as mentioned in the program, the flight data and cockpit voice recorders on Swissair Flight 111 had ceased ...