A cabin crew member has died after a passenger plane was forced to make an emergency landing.
Clouds of smoke filled the Airbus A220-300 jet as it experienced an engine problem from Bucharest, Romania, to Zurich, Switzerland.
The jet, which had 74 passengers and five crew on board, was forced to make an unscheduled emergency landing in Graz, Austria on December 23.
Passengers and crew quickly evacuated, with 12 people receiving urgent treatment at the scene.
One worker was airlifted to hospital and put in intensive care, and a second crew member was also taken to hospital.
A Swiss International Air Lines spokesman announced on Tuesday that one of the cabin crew members on board the plane, described as a “young man”, has since died.
“We must report, with the deepest of sorrow and regret, that our young colleague died in the hospital in Graz on Monday,” they said.
The carrier’s CEO, Jens Fehlinger, added: “We are all deeply shocked by the death of our beloved colleague.
“The news leaves us deeply saddened and stunned. Our thoughts are with the young man’s relatives, whose pain must be boundless.
“I offer them my heartfelt condolences on behalf of all of us at Swiss,” Fehlinger added.
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