A Swiss International Air Lines flight attendant has died. This came a week after a plane made an emergency landing in Austria. The plane diverted after smoke filled the plane’s cabin.
The deceased steward was a member of the cabin crew of flight LX 1885 from Bucharest to Zurich. The plane made an emergency landing in Graz, Austria on Monday, December 23.
The Airbus A220-300, which was carrying 75 passengers and four crew members, was diverted “after engine problems occurred and smoke developed in the cockpit and cabin,” officials said. airline officials.
The steward was hospitalized in Graz, where she died on December 30. A second cabin crew member was also hospitalized.
The Austrian news agency APA reported that the Graz prosecutor’s office ordered a forensic examination of the steward’s body.
Swiss International Air Lines said it would “not provide any additional details about the deceased or the cause of death.”
The authorities “wish to thoroughly clarify the causes of the smoke and its effects on passengers and crew.”
The airline said:
Our expert teams are working hard over the festive period to assess all available facts and conclusions, and are in close contact with the authorities.
CEO Jens Fehlinger and COO Oliver Buchhofer presented their “sincere condolences on behalf of the entire SWISS team” to the family of a cabin crew member.
Jens Fehlinger said:
We are deeply saddened by the death of our dear colleague. His passing left us all deeply shocked and saddened. Our thoughts are with his family, whose pain we cannot imagine. I offer them my deepest condolences on behalf of all of us at SWISS. We will of course do everything in our power to help and support them during this extremely difficult time.
Airline officials said they have “confidence” in the Airbus A220, which they describe as “a very modern and safe aircraft.” However, Buchhofer said the airline had “many questions” it wanted answered.
The operational director declared:
This is the saddest day for all of us. The loss of our SWISS team colleague leaves me distraught and dismayed. But we are united in this truly difficult period and we will do everything possible, in collaboration with the competent authorities, to determine the causes.
