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20-462: Niederhasli is first mentioned in 931 as Hasila . On 10 January 2000, Crossair Flight 498 crashed in Niederhasli after taking off from Zurich Airport , killing all 10 people on board. The accident was caused by pilot error which lead to loss of control of the aircraft. Niederhasli has an area of 11.3 km (4.4 sq mi). Of this area, 58.3% is used for agricultural purposes, while 21.5%

40-407: A Fachhochschule ). Niederhasli has an unemployment rate of 2.82%. As of 2005, there were 85 people employed in the primary economic sector and about 36 businesses involved in this sector. 573 people are employed in the secondary sector and there are 59 businesses in this sector. 1016 people are employed in the tertiary sector , with 186 businesses in this sector. The historical population

60-473: A basic conversation. After the crash, both Crossair and CCP, including the pilots who had previously spoken to the media and been fired, publicly stated that the coincidence between the accident and the dispute was very unfortunate and that reports about pilot error being involved in the crash were speculation, although this conclusion was later established to be the probable cause of the accident. An examination of pilot Pavel Gruzin's body revealed traces of

80-416: A few hours later. The cold, drizzly weather was normal for the area, After the seven passengers and three crew members boarded, the plane was cleared for takeoff on time at 5:54 p.m. CEST (16:54 UTC ). The aircraft departed Runway 28 heading west. From takeoff, the plane climbed normally. But after 7.2 kilometers (4.5 mi; 3.9 nmi), the plane suddenly started to lose altitude and turn to

100-457: A population (as of 31 December 2020) of 9,449. As of 2007, 22.6% of the population was made up of foreign nationals. Over the last 10 years the population has grown at a rate of 18.9%. Most of the population (as of 2000) speaks German (83.9%), with Italian being second most common ( 4.7%) and Albanian being third ( 2.4%). In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 43.8% of

120-460: A safety risk because of an insufficient knowledge of English. These two pilots were fired by Crossair, but were then elected to head the pilots' union, "Crossair Cockpit Personnel (CCP)". An investigation of the accident later revealed that the pilot Gruzin and copilot Kolesár were only able to communicate with each other in English, but Gruzin's ability to speak English was too limited to hold more than

140-504: Is forested. Of the rest of the land, 18.7% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.5%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains). The municipality is located in the lower Glatttal near the entrance to the Wehntal . It includes the villages of Niederhasli, Oberhasli, Mettmenhasli and Nassenwil. Before 1840 it also included the village of Niederglatt , which became an independent municipality at that time. Niederhasli has

160-506: Is given in the following table: Niederhasli railway station is a stop of the Zürich S-Bahn on the line S15 . It is a 20-minute ride from Zürich Hauptbahnhof . Crossair Flight 498 Crossair Flight 498 was a scheduled commuter flight from Zürich , Switzerland, to Dresden , Germany. On 10 January 2000, the Saab 340B operating the flight crashed two minutes after takeoff in

180-603: The Atlantic Ocean off Nova Scotia on 2 September 1998, killing all 229 aboard. The crash came about in the midst of a bitter labor-management dispute between Crossair and its pilots over a possible pay raise and work rules changes. The pilots' union had just canceled pay agreements with Crossair in December 1999, with a termination effective in summer 2000. In addition, and prior to the accident, two Crossair pilots told Swiss media that some foreign pilots employed by Crossair posed

200-559: The Swiss municipality of Niederhasli on 10 January 2000, killing all 10 passengers and crew. It was one of two fatal crashes for Crossair during its existence; the other was Crossair Flight 3597 which crashed less than 2 years later during approach to Zurich. The accident was investigated by the Swiss Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), and a final report was issued in 2004. The AAIB concluded that

220-625: The crash was due to a loss of control resulting from multiple pilot errors. The Saab 340B is a twin-engined turboprop commuter plane . Before the hull loss of Crossair Flight 498, there had been only five crashes worldwide of the 400 Saab-340 plane types since 1984 of which three were hull losses. The three hull losses were KLM Cityhopper Flight 433 that killed three in the Netherlands, Formosa Airlines Flight 7623 crash that killed 13 in Taiwan, and an incident with another Crossair Saab 340 causing

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240-553: The drug phenazepam , a benzodiazepine -class sedative in his muscle tissue. Investigators also found an open packet of the Russian-made drug in baggage belonging to Gruzin. According to the Investigation Report of the Swiss Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB), the accident was attributable to the flight crew losing control of the aircraft for the following reasons: According to this same Investigation Report,

260-466: The following factors may have contributed to the accident: The investigation did look at the possibility of electromagnetic interference and tested a similar aircraft using mobile phones. It concluded that there were "no indications that aircraft systems were negatively affected by electromagnetic interference (EMI)". The crash was featured in "Lost in Translation", a season 13 (2013–14) episode of

280-579: The passengers were Germans , while the other three passengers were French , Swiss , and Spanish . At the time of the crash, Crossair was a majority owned subsidiary of SAirGroup . The crash of Crossair Flight 498 was the first time in Crossair's 25-year history that the regional airline had lost an aircraft, and was the deadliest accident to hit the SAirGroup since the crash of Swissair Flight 111 , an MD-11 flying from New York to Geneva that crashed into

300-423: The plane went into a diving right turn before vanishing from radar screens. Burning wreckage was scattered for 200 to 300 metres (660 to 980 ft) near houses in Niederhasli, some 5 kilometres (3 mi; 3 nmi) northwest of the runway at Zurich's Kloten airport . The flight data and cockpit voice recorders were recovered from the accident scene, both heavily damaged. There were no survivors. Four of

320-445: The right instead of following the approved flight path to the left. When air traffic controllers asked the pilot if he meant to turn right, they were answered with "Stand by," followed by a loss of radio contact. At 5:56 p.m. CEST (16:56 UTC), one minute and 56 seconds into the flight, the plane disappeared from radar screens and crashed into a field, instantly lighting up over 2000kg of jet fuel. Officials later determined that

340-550: The total loss of a Crossair Saab 340 by retracting its landing gear while it was still on the apron. Crossair was in the process of phasing out its fleet of 34 Saab-340 type planes; at the time of the accident, it had replaced 17 of them with Embraer ERJ-145 regional jets . The remainder of its Saab fleet was retired during the course of 2001 and 2002. The 33-seat Saab 340B airplane used for Crossair Flight 498 had been leased to Crossair from Moldavian Airlines since 1 October 1999. It had accumulated 24,000 flying hours since it

360-649: The vote. The next three most popular parties were the SPS (15.4%), the CVP (11.9%) and the FDP (9.5%). The age distribution of the population (as of 2000) is children and teenagers (0–19 years old) make up 25.9% of the population, while adults (20–64 years old) make up 66.9% and seniors (over 64 years old) make up 7.2%. In Niederhasli about 75.8% of the population (between age 25–64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either university or

380-518: Was delivered to the airline in November 1990. This type of airplane had a very good safety record. The plane was carrying no freight or mail . There were no indications that anything was wrong with the aircraft. It was due for its next regular maintenance check 21 days later, on 31 January 2000. The three-person crew was made up of 41-year-old Moldovan pilot Pavel Gruzin, who was the pilot in command , 35-year-old Slovak co-pilot Rastislav Kolesár, who

400-464: Was serving as the first officer, and Severine Jabrin, a French flight attendant . Gruzin had 8,100 hours of flying time, with 1,900 in the Saab 340 type. Kolesár had about 1,800 total hours, with 1,100 hours in the Saab 340 type. The plane was scheduled to depart from Zurich Airport on Monday, 10 January 2000, at around 6:00 p.m. Central European Standard Time (CEST) and arrive at Dresden Airport

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