SWISS planes collide at Zurich Airport

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swiss time 12:08, Monday 08.04.2002
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Swiss planes collide at Zurich airport

Two planes belonging to the new national carrier, Swiss, have been badly=20
damaged after crashing into one another at Zurich airport.=20


No one was injured in the collision, which involved an Airbus A330 and a=20
MD-83.=20

According to company spokesman Herbert Schmell, the Airbus was taxiing=20
towards its parking position when its wing clipped the rear of the MD-83,=20
which had just landed from Geneva.=20

The passengers had already disembarked from the planes by the time of the=20
crash.=20

The accident comes four months after a Crossair jet crashed in poor weather=20
conditions on its final approach to Zurich airport, killing 24 people on=20
board.=20

Just a few days later, there was a =E2=80=9Cnear miss=E2=80=9D at the airpor=
t when a=20
Crossair Saab 2000 narrowly missed an Air Portugal Airbus during takeoff.=20

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