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Thick smoke billows from Airbus cabin: Plane forced to make emergency landing in Austria, two employees hospitalized

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Two crew members of the Swiss flight from Bucharest to Zurich were still hospitalized on Tuesday, after smoke on board the plane forced an emergency landing in Austria on Monday, December 23, 2024.

Two crew members of the Swiss flight from Bucharest to Zurich were still hospitalized on Tuesday, after smoke on board the plane forced an emergency landing in Austria on Monday, according to a statement from the Swiss airline.

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“Two cabin crew members are still hospitalized. One of them had to be transported by helicopter to a hospital in Graz yesterday and is currently in intensive care, his condition remains uncertain”, Swiss said, adding that all passengers were able to leave the hospital.

The company, a subsidiary of Germany's Lufthansa, has chartered a special flight that is to land in Zurich late in the morning with 63 passengers on board, according to Swiss.

No explanation yet

On Monday, an Airbus A220-300 had to make an emergency landing in Graz, Austria, before being evacuated “due to problems engine and smoke detection in the cabin and cockpit”, the airline said, although it has not yet provided an explanation for the causes of the smoke.

There were 74 passengers and 5 crew members on board.

Teilor Stone

Teilor Stone has been a reporter on the news desk since 2013. Before that she wrote about young adolescence and family dynamics for Styles and was the legal affairs correspondent for the Metro desk. Before joining Thesaxon , Teilor Stone worked as a staff writer at the Village Voice and a freelancer for Newsday, The Wall Street Journal, GQ and Mirabella. To get in touch, contact me through my teilor@nizhtimes.com 1-800-268-7116

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