On 15 May, 11:19, Nas ne dogonjat wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6656487.stm
>
> Swiss go on trial over air crash
>
> Eight air traffic controllers are going on trial in Switzerland on
> charges of manslaughter and negligence over an air crash in 2002 that
> killed 71 people.
>
> A Russian passenger jet collided with a cargo aircraft. Most of the
> victims were schoolchildren from Russia.
>
> The eight accused were all employed by the air traffic control firm,
> Skyguide, at the time of the incident.
>
> They face jail sentences of up to 15 months if found guilty, but all
> intend to plead innocent.
>
> Seven of them are still working for Skyguide.
>
> 'Significant deficiencies'
>
> The Russian charter flight carrying children on holiday to Spain
> collided with the DHL plane in Swiss airspace in July 2002 - the
> wreckage came down in Germany.
>
> German and Swiss investigations into the accident have already found
> what are described as significant organisational deficiencies within
> Skyguide, which it is said, contributed to the accident, says the
> BBC's Imogen Foulkes, in Berne.
>
> They have found that on the night of the crash a single air traffic
> controller was left in charge, while at the same time major
> maintenance work was carried out, leaving him without crucial
> communication and radar systems.
>
> That air traffic controller was subsequently stabbed and killed by the
> father of two of the children who died.
>
> Skyguide has already provided financial compensation to some of the
> bereaved families, our correspondent says.
>
> But she says many more are still waiting for compensation and for an
> admission of responsibility for the crash.
>
> Some relatives are expected to come to Switzerland for the trial,
> which will last two weeks.
oh rilllllllllllllllly!
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