Grounding anniversary

The last days of the once proud national carrier "Swissair".

This content was published on September 29, 2006 - 17:00

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In 2001 the once proud national carrier “Swissair” collapsed. On October 2 all flights were cancelled, planes were grounded and thousands of Swissair customers were stuck in airports worldwide. Swissair was bankrupt. (SF/swissinfo.ch)

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