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19-05-2008, 18:14
Switzerland’s public prosecutor is to decide whether to appeal after a federal criminal court acquitted six former Crossair executives of charges, including negligent homicide, over the fatal crash of a regional aircraft seven years ago. Former Crossair chief Andre Dose, former chairman Moritz Suter and four others had faced a two-week criminal hearing arising from the deaths of 24 occupants on a BAE Systems Avro RJ100 which struck terrain on approach to Zurich. Swiss investigators heavily criticised the RJ100’s pilots – both of whom were killed in the crash – for failing to follow

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