On september 2, 1998, 229 people died when swissair flight 111 crashed into the atlantic off nova scotia. Swissinfo. ch looks back at the worst accident in swiss civil aviation history and the Swissair flight 111, flight of a passenger airliner that crashed on september 2, 1998, off the coast of nova scotia, canada, killing all 229 on board.

The search for the cause of the fire that brought down swissair flight 111 on the evening of september 2, 1998, killing all 229 people aboard, took over four years and cost $39 million. On 2 september 1998, swissair flight 111 departed new york, united states of america, at 2018 eastern daylight savings time on a scheduled flight to geneva, switzerland, with 215 passengers and … Swissair flight 111, a mcdonnell douglas md-11, crashed into the sea off peggy's cove, ns, canada, following an in-flight fire, killing all 229 occupants. At 20:18 swissair flight sr111, departed new york … Swissair flight 111 was a scheduled international passenger flight from john f. Kennedy international airport in new york city, united states, to cointrin airport in geneva, switzerland.

Swissair flight 111 was a scheduled international passenger flight from john f. Kennedy international airport in new york city, united states, to cointrin airport in geneva, switzerland.