A week after a Swiss International Airline flight was forced to make an emergency landing due to smoke filling the aircraft, a flight attendant has died.
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The incident took place on Monday Dec. 23rd on flight LX 1885, which was flying from Bucharest to Zurich. According to People, the airbus made an emergency landing in Austria “after engine problems occurred and smoke developed in the cockpit and the cabin.”
The aircraft was carrying 75 passengers and four crew members, two of which were hospitalized. A week later, one of the flight attendants passed away.
The Swiss airline has announced that they “will not be providing any further details about the deceased or the cause of death” out of respect for the man’s loved ones. The airline also said in their statement that officials “want to thoroughly clarify the causes of the smoke and the effects on passengers and crew.”
“Our teams of experts are working hard over the festive season to evaluate all the facts and findings available, and are in close contact with the authorities,” Swiss International Airlines said.
Swiss International Airlines’ CEO and COO Send Their Condolences
Following the man’s passing, CEO Jens Fehlinger and COO Oliver Buchhofer offered their condolences to the victims family.
“We are devastated at our dear colleague’s death, ” Fehlinger said. “His loss has left us all in the deepest shock and grief. Our thoughts are with his family, whose pain we cannot imagine. I offer them my heartfelt condolences on behalf of all of us at SWISS. And we will, of course, be doing everything in our power to help and support them at this extremely difficult time.”
Buchhofer continued, “This is the saddest of days for us all. Losing our colleague and fellow member of our SWISS team leaves me distraught and dismayed. But we stand with one another at this truly difficult time; and we will be doing our utmost, together with the relevant authorities, to determine the causes involved.”
The public prosecutor’s office in Graz, Austria, has issued a forensic examination of the victim’s body. No further details have been provided.