Event
After the seven passengers and three crewmembers boarded, the plane was cleared for takeoff on time at 5.55 p.m. (1755 GMT). The aircraft departed Runway 28 heading west. From takeoff, the plane climbed normally. But after 7.2 kilometers (4.5 mi) the plane suddenly started to lose altitude and turn to 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 6.05 p.m. (1805 GMT), one minute 56 seconds into the flight, the plane disappeared from radar screens. Officials later determined that the plane went into a diving right turn before vanishing from radar screens. Burning wreckage was scattered for 200–300 meters close to houses at Niederhasli, some 5 kilometres (3 mi) 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.
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