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Farnair – ATR42-320 (HB-AFC) flight FAT6932

When they were on final approach on ILS 23 at Geneva airport, the crew of ATR 42-320 on cargo Farnair…

Crossair – SAAB – SAAB 340B (HB-AKK) flight CRX498

Crossair flight CRX498 took off on 10 January 2000, at 16:54:10 UTC, in darkness, on runway 28 of Zurich airport : the…

DHL – Baskirian – Boeing B757 (A9C-DHL) vs Tupolev TU154M (RA-85816) flights V92937 – DHL611

DHL flight DHL611 and Baskirian flight V92937 collided near Ueberlingen (Switzerland on 1 July 2002 at 21:35:32 hrs. A mid-air collision…

Swissair – Airbus – A321-111 (HB-IOC) flight SR831

Swissair flight SR831 was in flight from London Heathrow to Geneva after the climb to FL290 and establishing cruise conditions…

Alitalia – Mcdonnel Douglas – DC9-32 (I-ATJA) flight AZ404

Alitalia flight AZ404 departed from Milan – Linate airport on the 14th November 1990 at 1836 hrs with the destination…

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