Tag: Swissair Aviation Disaster
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On This Day In 1963, Swissair Flight 306 took off through fog, but minutes later flames appeared beneath its wing, shortly thereafter crashing and killing all 80 aboard.
On September 4, 1963, Swissair Flight 306, a Sud Aviation SE-210 Caravelle III named Schaffhausen, departed Zurich Airport for Rome via Geneva. There were 74 passengers and six crew members aboard. What began as a routine morning flight quickly became a disaster after a chain of events that started before the aircraft even left the…
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On This Day In 1998: Swissair Flight 111 Disappeared Into the Atlantic After a Hidden Cockpit Fire Spread Rapidly, Killing All 229 People Aboard
On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 departed New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport for Geneva with 215 passengers and 14 crew members aboard. The seven-year-old McDonnell Douglas MD-11, registered HB-IWF and named Vaud, appeared to be on a routine overnight flight. Within an hour, however, a hidden fire would turn the aircraft into…
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