A member of the crew Swiss airline Swisswho was hospitalized after a company plane made an emergency landing last week, died, the company said Monday.
The Airbus A220-300 plane, with 74 passengers and five crew on board, was flying from Bucharest to Zurich on December 23 when it had to make an emergency landing in Graz, Austria, after engine problems occurred and smoke was detected inside. of the cockpit and cockpit.
“We must report, with the deepest regret, that our young colleague passed away on Monday in the hospital in Graz,” Swiss said in a statement.
The airline’s CEO, Jens Fehlinger, expressed his condolences on behalf of the entire team.
“We are devastated by the death of our beloved companion,” he declared.
“Our thoughts are with his family […] “We do everything in our power to help them in these difficult times,” he added.
An engine problem could have been the cause of the incident.
“The first elements point to a technical problem in one of the engines“, manufactured by the American company Pratt & Whitney, Swiss said last week in a statement.
The cause has not been conclusively determined, he added.
Ten of the 74 passengers traveling on the aircraft sought medical attention, and two crew members were hospitalized.
