Swiss Air 111


Crash Sept. 2, 1998
229 Souls on board.

2114:18 SA111 "Pan, pan, pan...smoke in cockpit. Request immediate return to, I guess, Boston."

2115:08 Moncton Center "Would you prefer to go into Halifax?

2115:38 SA111 "Affirmative"

2116:04 SA111 We have the oxygen mask on...

2116:37 Moncton Center "You're cleared to 10,000 ft."

2119:14 Halifax "Can I vector you to set up for Runway zero six at Halifax?

2119:26 SA111 "Yes, vectors for Six will be fine."

2119:40 Halifax "Turn left heading zero three zero, thirty miles to the threshold."

2119:59 SA111 "We need more than thirty miles..."

2119:59 Halifax "You can turn left heading three sixty to lose some altitude."

2121:22 SA111 "We must dump fuel."

2121:29 Halifax "Turn left heading two hundred degrees and advise me when you are ready to dump. It will be about ten miles before you are off the coast."