The Local Switzerland

Swiss army plane crashes in mountains

Tue, 12 Sep 2017 14:37:42 +0200

The wreckage of a PC-7 plane belonging to the Swiss army was found on the Schreckhorn mountain on Tuesday afternoon after going missing that morning.

Two teenagers and pilot dead in Swiss plane crash

Fri, 04 Aug 2017 20:09:46 +0200

A plane crash at a Swiss summer camp on Friday killed two 14-year-old campers and the pilot, while leaving a third teenager seriously injured, police said.

Solar plane aiming for stratosphere makes test flight

Fri, 05 May 2017 19:27:50 +0200

The first solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere made an initial low-altitude test flight over Switzerland on Friday.

Swiss unveil stratospheric solar plane

Thu, 08 Dec 2016 09:26:12 +0100

Just months after two Swiss pilots completed a historic round-the-world trip in a Sun-powered plane, another Swiss adventurer has unveiled a solar plane aimed at reaching the stratosphere.

Swiss flight aborted after ‘explosion’ in engine

Tue, 29 Nov 2016 10:27:22 +0100

A Swiss International Air Lines flight from Zurich to Vienna had to return to the Swiss city shortly after taking off when its pilots heard a worrying noise coming from the plane’s right engine.

People in Switzerland ‘fly too much’ says environment body

Fri, 30 Sep 2016 13:00:47 +0200

People in Switzerland travel by plane twice as much as their neighbours and should cut down on flights to help the environment, according to a spokesperson for the Switzerland-based World Wildlife Fund (WWF).

Brawl over seats forces Swiss to abort flight

Tue, 13 Sep 2016 10:59:16 +0200

Swiss International Air Lines was forced to abort a flight from Geneva to Algiers on Saturday after passengers got into a fight about where they were seated, according to reports.

Qatari royal treated for broken leg in Zurich

Mon, 28 Dec 2015 17:16:36 +0100

The former emir of Qatar was flown to Zurich with his entourage in a convoy of planes at the weekend for treatment for a broken leg.

Swiss fighter plane crashes over France

Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:20:00 +0200

The French police force is leading an investigation into what caused a two-seater fighter plane belonging to the Swiss army to crash in the Doubs region of France during a training exercise on Wednesday.

Millions needed by Solar Impulse after grounding

Wed, 29 Jul 2015 10:35:54 +0200

The team behind the sun-powered Solar Impulse 2 plane, piloted by two Swiss men, said on Tuesday that it needed an additional 20 million euros ($22 million) to complete a historic round-the-world flight after battery damage grounded it for months.

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.

Stowaway cat survives flight from Athens

Fri, 02 Aug 2013 13:52:00 +0200

A flight from Athens to Zurich was delayed for two hours on Wednesday after a cat stowed away in the undercarriage.

Plane crashes by Swiss border killing two

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:20:00 +0100

Two people including the pilot were killed and a teenage girl was injured on Monday when a private plane crashed near the Swiss border in the French Alps, emergency officials and police said.

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.

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.