Berlin - Zurich

On November 24, 2001 at 10:07 PM, Berlin - Zurich experienced a crash involving Avro RJ100, operated by Crossair, with the event recorded near Zurich-Kloten Zurich.

The flight was categorized as scheduled revenue flight and the reported phase was landing (descent or approach) at a airport (less than 10 km from airport) crash site.

33 people were known to be on board, 24 fatalities were recorded, 9 survivors were identified or estimated. This corresponds to an estimated fatality rate of 72.7%.

Crew on board: 5, crew fatalities: 3, passengers on board: 28, passenger fatalities: 21, other fatalities: 0.

The listed crash cause is human factor. On 24 November 2001 at 20:01 UTC the aircraft AVRO 146 RJ 100, registered as HB-IXM of the Crossair airline company took off in darkness from runway 26L at Berlin-Tegel airport as scheduled flight CRX3597 to Zurich. At 20:58:50 UTC, after an uneventful flight, the aircraft received the clearance for a standard VOR/DME approach 28 at Zurich airport.Ahead of the aircraft involved in the accident, an Embraer EMB 145, flight CRX3891, landed on runway 28 at Zurich airport. The crew informed the control tower that the weather was close to the minimum for this runway. At 21:05:21 UTC flight CRX3597 reported on the aerodrome control frequency. When the aircraft reached the minimum descent altitude (MDA) of 2,390 feet QNH at 21:06:10, the commander mentioned to the copilot that he had certain visual ground contact and continued the descent. At 21:06:36 UTC the aircraft collided with treetops and subsequently crashed into the ground. The aircraft caught fire on impact. Twenty-one passengers and three crew members died from their injuries at the site of the accident; seven passengers and two crew members survived the accident. The wreckage was found in the Geissbühl forest, 4,050 metres short of runway 28.

Aircraft reference details include registration HB-IXM, MSN E3291, year of manufacture 1996.

Geospatial coordinates for this crash are approximately 47.4439°, 8.5715°.