The Local Switzerland

Engineers battle to fix Swiss plane stranded in icy northern Canada

Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:07:46 +0100

Imagine having to work in temperatures of -30C or colder to replace an entire jet engine in a Boeing 777.

Update: pilot dies in Swiss air show collision

Sun, 23 Aug 2015 17:10:11 +0200

A pilot died when two aircraft collided on Sunday at an airshow in northern Switzerland.

Bern cancels Swedish fighter-jet air show

Tue, 11 Mar 2014 18:30:00 +0100

The Swiss government's eagerness to avoid graft accusations could explain why Switzerland cancelled plans for Swedish fighter jets to take part in an air show, reports from Stockholm said on Tuesday.

'Too many men' ground easyJet plane to Geneva

Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:10:00 +0100

The British-based budget airline easyJet was forced to ask four passengers to get off a plane heading from Liverpool to Geneva last Friday because it was 300 kilograms over its weight limit.

Private jet nearly hits bus after missing runway

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 12:59:00 +0200

A private jet overshot the runway in St. Gallen on Monday, crashed through a fence and narrowly missed a bus.

Swiss and Germans seal Zurich airport noise deal

Tue, 03 Jul 2012 13:49:00 +0200

Switzerland and Germany have finally reached an agreement aimed at restricting noise pollution from flights to Zurich airport.

Divers find Swiss plane 33 years after crash

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:50:00 +0200

Two Portuguese divers have found the wreckage of an outbound charter flight from Geneva that sank near Porto Novo on the Portuguese island of Madeira.