A member of the crew of a Swiss airline plane who had to make an emergency landing on December 23 in Austria due to smoke in the plane died Monday from his injuries, indicates a press release from the company.
“Swiss mourns the loss of a member of the cabin crew”, who died at the hospital in Graz, Austria, writes the Swiss company. “Out of respect for the loved ones, we will not provide detailed information about our employee or the cause of his death.”
The crew of this Airbus A220-300, which was flying between Bucharest and Zurich with 74 passengers on board, had decided to make an emergency landing in Graz and to evacuate the plane “following engine problems and smoke detection in the cabin and cockpit,” according to Swiss.
Unclear on the causes of the incident
After landing, a member of the cabin crew was airlifted to a hospital in Graz and placed in intensive care. Another cabin crew member was also taken to hospital and twelve passengers received treatment.
“We will do everything possible, in collaboration with the relevant authorities, to determine the causes of the accident. We have many questions and we want them to be answered,” adds the press release from Swiss, a subsidiary of the German company Lufthansa.
Swiss said its investigation focused on the plane’s mechanical components, such as the engine, but also on the use of respiratory protection equipment for cabin crew, called “Protective Breathing Equipment” (PBE).
