Managers charged in fatal 2001 Crossair crash
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2001 Crossair crash near Zurich's Kloten airport BERNE, Switzerland (SwissInfo) - Six managers from former Swiss regional airline Crossair are to be charged over the death of 24 people in a plane crash in 2001. The federal justice authorities said on Friday the defendants, who remained unnamed, are accused of negligent homicide and causing grievous bodily harm over the accident, which took place near Zurich.  The alleged offences carry a maximum three-year prison sentence or a fine. It is not immediately clear when the trial will open. The families of the victims were paid a financial compensation.  The plane was flying from the German capital, Berlin, to Zurich on the night of November 24, 2001 in snow and rain. It crashed just short of the Zurich airport runway, killing 24 of the 33 people on board, including the pilot and co-pilot.  Accident investigators concluded that the crash had been caused by the 57-year-old pilot being too tired to concentrate fully or make crucial decisions.  He had been working more than 13 hours when the accident took place and had also exceeded maximum duty several times in the days preceding the crash.  The report also pointed to the lack of safety controls and poor pilot training at Crossair, which later merged with former national carrier Swissair to form the Swiss airline. Swiss was in turn taken over by the German Lufthansa in 2005.
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The co-pilot of American Airlines flight 587 caused the November 2001 crash that claimed the lives of 265 people, the staff of the nation's airline safety agency reported Tuesday.
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A Brazilian public prosecutor accused two U.S. pilots and four domestic aviation controllers on Friday of contributing to an air crash last year that killed 154 people.
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The co-pilot of andAmerican Airlines flight caused the November 2001 crash in New York that claimed the lives of 265 people, staff at the nationâs airline safety agency reported today.
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The one air traffic controller on duty during a deadly US plane crash had his back turned, officials say.
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Freight company MK Airlines confirmed on Thursday that one of its Ghanaian-registered Boeing 747 cargo planes crashed in Halifax, Canada, killing all six crew members aboard.
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Human error was responsible for last month's high-speed train crash in north-western Germany which killed 23 people and injured 10 more, the local German state prosecutor said on Wednesday.
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An investigation is launched after one person is killed and 20 injured in crashes involving more than 40 vehicles.
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A New York Jury ruled that the two planes that hit the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001 were two separate events instead of one which increased the insurers liability by at least $140 million.
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Federal police Friday charged two U.S. pilots involved in a collision with a Brazilian jet that killed 154 people, and if convicted, they could face up to 12 years in prison.