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Crossair Flight 498


Crossair Flight 498
HB-AKK, the aircraft involved in the accident of Crossair Flight 498 as seen at Zurich Airport in September 1998
HB-AKK, the aircraft involved in the accident of Crossair Flight 498 as seen at Zurich Airport in September 1998


Accident summary
Date 10 January 2000
Type : pilot error
Location : Niederhasli, Switzerland
Passengers : 7
Crew : 3
Fatalities : 10 (all)
Survivors : 0
Aircraft involved : Saab 340B
Operator : Crossair
Aircraft registration : HB-AKK
Flight origin : Zurich, Switzerland
Destination : Dresden, Germany




On 10 January 2000 Crossair Flight 498, a Crossair Saab 340B a commuter flight from Zurich,Switzerland to Dresden, Germany crashed two minutes after takeoff at about 7km from the airport. The official report concluded that the cause of the crash was due to loss of control resulting from human error.



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Further reading


List of accidents involving a Saab 340B
List of aviation accidents by year









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