Aviation Preliminary cause of death of Swiss crew member determined
Shortly before the turn of the year, a Swiss crew member died after the Swiss aircraft had to make an emergency landing in Graz A due to engine problems and smoke in the cockpit and cabin. The preliminary cause of death according to the public prosecutor's office in Graz is brain damage.
05.01.2025, 11:12
SDA
At the request of the Keystone-SDA news agency on Sunday, the Graz public prosecutor's office confirmed corresponding media reports from Sunday. The preliminary cause of death is hypoxic brain damage and cerebral edema, said the spokesman for the public prosecutor, Hansjörg Bacher, on the telephone. The 23-year-old flight attendant's brain had been severely damaged due to a severe lack of oxygen and he had died as a result.
Chemical and histological examinations would now have to be carried out to find out exactly how this massive brain damage had occurred. It will take several weeks before the definitive cause of death is known, said Bacher.
According to Bacher, investigations are also underway into the role played by the flight attendant's breathing mask.
