However, Flight 3597 was behind schedule and would not reach Zurich until after 2200 CET. The flight departed Berlin Tegel Airport at 21:01 CET with 28 passengers, 3 flight attendants, and a two-man cockpit crew consisting of Captain Hans Ulrich Lutz and First Officer Stefan Loehrer.
Twenty-four of the thirty-three people on board were killed. This runway change forced Captain Lutz to abandon his planned ILS approach and required First Officer Loehrer to consult the Jeppesen charts for runway 28. Crossair Flight LX 3597 estis planita flugo de Berlina Tegel Flughaveno, en Germanio, ĝis Flughaveno Zuriko, en Svislando. Due to increased azimuth error associated with the use of VORs and lack of vertical guidance (Glide Slope), the MDA is therefore often higher than a DA (Decision Altitude) for an ILS. The fact that Loehrer made no attempt to prevent the continuation of the flight below the minimum descent altitude also directly contributed to the crash. Crossair Flight 498 was a commuter flight from Zurich, Switzerland, to Dresden, Germany, that crashed two minutes after takeoff in the Swiss municipality of Niederhasli on 10 January 2000.
It had to go from Berlin, Germany to Zurich, Switzerland. Das eingesetzte Flugzeug des Typs Avro RJ100 mit dem Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen HB-IXM stürzte am 24. Unlike a DA in a Precision Approach, an MDA requires that after crossing the Final Approach Fix, the pilot is to descend and maintain MDA until the pilot reports that the runway is in sight, allowing the landing to safely be completed visually. Just before the crash, the synthetic voice of the ground proximity warning system (GPWS) announced the radio altimeter reading 500 feet above ground. Phone: +371 67 842135, E-mail: 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 CRX 3597 to Zurich. Unlike a DA in a Precision Approach, an MDA requires that after crossing the Final Approach Fix, the pilot is to descend and maintain MDA until the non-flying pilot reports that the runway is in sight, allowing the pilot to safely complete the landing visually. The report revealed that the pilot had failed to perform correct navigation and landing procedures on previous occasions, but no action had been taken by the airline to remove him from transporting passengers.In spite of those demonstrated deficiencies, however, Crossair continued to allow Lutz to fly passengers (reportedly due to a shortage of qualified Crossair pilots), and Lutz continued to demonstrate his overall deficiencies as a line pilot.
The seven passengers and three crew members aboard the two-turboprop engine Saab 340B aircraft all died on impact.It was the first fatal crash for the Swiss regional airline Crossair in its 25-year history. These included a near-miss incident on final approach to Lugano Airport where Lutz came within 300 feet (91 m) of colliding with the shore of a lake during his final descent and a navigational error during a sightseeing tour over the Alps that took the flight far off its course to Sion, Switzerland. The investigation concluded that the accident was a Captain Lutz had originally been scheduled to land on runway 14, the main landing runway at Zurich, a runway equipped with an Instrument Landing System (ILS) that handles virtually all tasks associated with landing an airplane, including using the plane's auto-pilot to control the angle and speed of descent; all the pilot is required to do in an ILS landing is to ensure that the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) allows the non-flying pilot to determine if the runway is in sight before completing the landing. On 24 November 2001, the Crossair Avro RJ100 operating the route, registration HB-IXM, crashed into a wooded range of hills near Bassersdorf and exploded, killing 24 of the 33 people on board. Crossair Flight LX 3597 was a scheduled flight from Berlin Tegel Airport, in Germany, to Zurich Airport, in Switzerland. November 2001 etwa fünf Kilometer vor dem Erreichen der Landebahn 28 nach dem Berühren von Bäumen in der Nähe von Bassersdorf, Kanton Zürich, ab.
Twenty-four of the thirty-three people on board were killed. This runway change forced Captain Lutz to abandon his planned ILS approach and required First Officer Loehrer to consult the Jeppesen charts for runway 28. Crossair Flight LX 3597 estis planita flugo de Berlina Tegel Flughaveno, en Germanio, ĝis Flughaveno Zuriko, en Svislando. Due to increased azimuth error associated with the use of VORs and lack of vertical guidance (Glide Slope), the MDA is therefore often higher than a DA (Decision Altitude) for an ILS. The fact that Loehrer made no attempt to prevent the continuation of the flight below the minimum descent altitude also directly contributed to the crash. Crossair Flight 498 was a commuter flight from Zurich, Switzerland, to Dresden, Germany, that crashed two minutes after takeoff in the Swiss municipality of Niederhasli on 10 January 2000.
It had to go from Berlin, Germany to Zurich, Switzerland. Das eingesetzte Flugzeug des Typs Avro RJ100 mit dem Luftfahrzeugkennzeichen HB-IXM stürzte am 24. Unlike a DA in a Precision Approach, an MDA requires that after crossing the Final Approach Fix, the pilot is to descend and maintain MDA until the pilot reports that the runway is in sight, allowing the landing to safely be completed visually. Just before the crash, the synthetic voice of the ground proximity warning system (GPWS) announced the radio altimeter reading 500 feet above ground. Phone: +371 67 842135, E-mail: 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 CRX 3597 to Zurich. Unlike a DA in a Precision Approach, an MDA requires that after crossing the Final Approach Fix, the pilot is to descend and maintain MDA until the non-flying pilot reports that the runway is in sight, allowing the pilot to safely complete the landing visually. The report revealed that the pilot had failed to perform correct navigation and landing procedures on previous occasions, but no action had been taken by the airline to remove him from transporting passengers.In spite of those demonstrated deficiencies, however, Crossair continued to allow Lutz to fly passengers (reportedly due to a shortage of qualified Crossair pilots), and Lutz continued to demonstrate his overall deficiencies as a line pilot.
The seven passengers and three crew members aboard the two-turboprop engine Saab 340B aircraft all died on impact.It was the first fatal crash for the Swiss regional airline Crossair in its 25-year history. These included a near-miss incident on final approach to Lugano Airport where Lutz came within 300 feet (91 m) of colliding with the shore of a lake during his final descent and a navigational error during a sightseeing tour over the Alps that took the flight far off its course to Sion, Switzerland. The investigation concluded that the accident was a Captain Lutz had originally been scheduled to land on runway 14, the main landing runway at Zurich, a runway equipped with an Instrument Landing System (ILS) that handles virtually all tasks associated with landing an airplane, including using the plane's auto-pilot to control the angle and speed of descent; all the pilot is required to do in an ILS landing is to ensure that the Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) allows the non-flying pilot to determine if the runway is in sight before completing the landing. On 24 November 2001, the Crossair Avro RJ100 operating the route, registration HB-IXM, crashed into a wooded range of hills near Bassersdorf and exploded, killing 24 of the 33 people on board. Crossair Flight LX 3597 was a scheduled flight from Berlin Tegel Airport, in Germany, to Zurich Airport, in Switzerland. November 2001 etwa fünf Kilometer vor dem Erreichen der Landebahn 28 nach dem Berühren von Bäumen in der Nähe von Bassersdorf, Kanton Zürich, ab.