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Swiss Flight to Zurich from Bucharest Makes Emergency Landing in Austria

An aircraft of SWISS airlines takes-off from Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
An aircraft of SWISS airlines takes-off from Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
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Swiss Flight to Zurich from Bucharest Makes Emergency Landing in Austria

An aircraft of SWISS airlines takes-off from Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
An aircraft of SWISS airlines takes-off from Zurich Airport in Kloten, Switzerland September 29, 2022. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

A Swiss International Air Lines flight bound for Zurich from Bucharest made an emergency landing in the Austrian city of Graz because of engine problems and smoke in the cabin and cockpit, the carrier said.
The Airbus A220-300 aircraft involved in Monday's incident was carrying 74 passengers and five crew, Reuters reported. All passengers were evacuated, Swiss said in a statement.
Twelve passengers on flight LX1885 received medical attention and one of the cabin crew was taken to hospital by helicopter, but their condition remains unclear.
The other four crew were also under medical care, Swiss added.
A flight is set to leave Graz on Tuesday morning carrying passengers to Zurich.

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India Plane Crash Death Toll Rises to 279

A view of the debris of the Air India airplane crash on a residential building near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, western India, 14 June 2025. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA 88168
A view of the debris of the Air India airplane crash on a residential building near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, western India, 14 June 2025. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA 88168
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India Plane Crash Death Toll Rises to 279

A view of the debris of the Air India airplane crash on a residential building near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, western India, 14 June 2025. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA 88168
A view of the debris of the Air India airplane crash on a residential building near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, western India, 14 June 2025. EPA/RAJAT GUPTA 88168

Grieving families waited Saturday for news after one of the deadliest air disasters in decades, with the toll rising to 279 people killed in the Indian passenger jet crash.

The Air India Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner issued a mayday call shortly before it crashed around lunchtime on Thursday, bursting into a fireball as it hit residential buildings.

On Saturday, a police source said that 279 bodies had been recovered from the crash site in the northern Indian city of Ahmedabad, one of the worst plane disasters of the 21st century, AFP reported.

There was one survivor out of 242 passengers and crew on board the jet when it crashed, leaving the tailpiece of the aircraft jutting out of a hostel for medical staff.

At least 38 people were killed on the ground.

"I saw my child for the first time in two years, it was a great time," said Anil Patel, whose son and daughter-in-law had surprised him with a visit before boarding the Air India flight.

"And now, there is nothing," he said, breaking down in tears. "Whatever the gods wanted has happened."

Distraught relatives of passengers have been providing DNA samples in Ahmedabad, with some having to fly to India to help the process.

The official casualty number will not be finalised until the slow process of DNA identification is completed.

Air India said there were 169 Indian passengers, 53 British, seven Portuguese and a Canadian on board the flight, as well as 12 crew members.

Those killed ranged from a top politician to a teenage tea seller.

The lone survivor, Vishwash Kumar Ramesh, 40, said even he could not explain how he survived.

"Initially, I too thought that I was about to die, but then I opened my eyes and realized that I was still alive," Ramesh, a British citizen, told national broadcaster DD News from his hospital bed.

Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu Kinjarapu said Friday that a flight data recorder, or black box, had been recovered, saying it would "significantly aid" investigations.

Forensic teams are still looking for the second black box, as they probe why the plane crashed after lifting barely 100 meters (330 feet) from the ground.

US planemaker Boeing said it was in touch with Air India and stood "ready to support them" over the incident, which a source close to the case said was the first crash for a 787 Dreamliner.