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==Background==

The 33-seat [[Saab 340]]B airplane used for Crossair Flight 498 had been [[lease]]d to Crossair from [[Moldavian Airlines]] since 1 October 1999.<ref name="abegg-jan11">Abegg, Ernst E. (11 January 2000). [[Associated Press]]. ''Plane went into dive, turned right before crashing, investigators say.''</ref> The plane was scheduled to depart from [[Zurich Airport]] on Monday, 10 January 2000, at around 6:00&nbsp;p.m. and arrive at [[Dresden Airport]] a few hours later.<ref name="abegg-jan10">Abegg,{{Cite news|last=Abegg|first=Ernst E. (|date=10 January 2000).|title=Crossair Plane Crashes Near Zurich|work=AP NEWS|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://apnews. ''Crossair plane crashes near Zurich.''com/f049cc07c7366978482bf704ebb5c650|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref><ref name="aviationnow">[http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_businessweekly.jsp Weekly of Business Aviation.] (17 January 2000). ''First Crossair Fatal Crash Comes Amid Labor, Management Turmoil.'' Volume 70; issue 3; p. 27.</ref><ref>[[Canadian{{Cite Broadcasting Corporationnews|CBC News.]] (last=|first=|date=11 November 2000).|title=Zurich plane ''crash kills 10|work=[[CBC News]]|publisher=[[Associated Press]]|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/zurich-plane-crash-kills-10-1.197014 Zurich plane crash kills 10.]''|url-status=live|access-date=}}</ref> The cold, [[drizzle|drizzly]] weather was normal for the area,<ref name="birmingham">[[Birmingham Post]]. (11 January 2000). ''Ten killed in plane fireball.''</ref> there were no indications that anything was wrong with the aircraft, and, although this particular aircraft had 24,000 flying hours since its first flight in November 1990,<ref name="birmingham" /> this type of airplane had a very good safety record.<ref name="abegg-jan10" /> Captain Pavel Gruzin, 41, had 8,100 hours of flying time, with 1,900 in the Saab 340 type. Co-pilot Rastislav Kolesár, 35, had about 1,800 total hours, with 1,100 hours in the Saab 340 type.<ref name="abegg-jan11" /><ref name="aviationnow" /> The plane was carrying no unusual payload such as [[air freight|freight]] or [[airmail|mail]] and the plane was not due for its next regular maintenance check for another 21 days, on 31 January 2000.<ref name="abegg-jan11" />

==Event==

After the seven passengers and three crew members boarded, the plane was cleared for takeoff on time at 5:54&nbsp;p.m. (16:54 [[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]]).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sust.admin.ch/inhalte/AV-berichte/1781_e.pdf|title=Investigation Report of the Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau on the accident to the Saab 340B aircraft, registration HB-AKK of Crossair Flight LX498 on 10 January 2000 near Nassenwil/ZH.|date=21 October 2002|website=|publisher=[[Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (Switzerland)|Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080414072245/http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1781_e.pdf|archive-date=14 April 2008|access-date=9 June 2019}}</ref>{{Rp|108}} The aircraft departed [[Runway]] 28 heading west.<ref name="aviationnow" /> From takeoff, the plane climbed normally. But after {{convert|7.2|km|mi nmi|sp=us|abbr=}} 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 controller]]s asked the pilot if he meant to turn right, they were answered with "Stand by," followed by a loss of radio contact.<ref name="abegg-jan11" />

At 5:56&nbsp;p.m. (16:56 UTC), one minute and 56 seconds into the flight, the plane disappeared from radar screens and crashed into a field.<ref name="abegg-jan11" /><ref name="abegg-jan10" /> Officials later determined that the plane went into a diving right turn before vanishing from radar screens.<ref name="abegg-jan11" /> Burning wreckage was scattered for 200 to 300 metres near houses in Niederhasli, some {{convert|5|km|mi nmi|0|abbr=}} northwest of the runway at [[Zürich Airport|Zurich's Kloten airport]].<ref name="abegg-jan10" /> The [[flight data recorder|flight data]] and [[cockpit voice recorder|cockpit voice]] recorders were recovered from the accident scene, both heavily damaged.<ref name="aviationnow" />

==Parties involved==

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* The commander was not systematically acquainted by Crossair with the specific features of western systems and cockpit procedures.

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)".<ref>{{Cite web|last=Leyden|first=John|date=2001-01-17|title=Mobile phone suspected in plane crash inquiry|url=https://www.theregister.com/2001/01/17/mobile_phone_suspected_in_plane/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-06-26|website=www.theregister.com|publisher=The Register}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=A cell phone aboard an airplane, fantasies and the facts|url=https://mobile-review.com/articles/2002/plane-en.shtml|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20021231152012/https://mobile-review.com/articles/2002/plane-en.shtml|archive-date=2002-12-31|access-date=2020-06-25|website=mobile-review.com|publisher=Mobile-Review}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Reardon|first=Marguerite|last2=Charny|first2=Ben|date=2004-12-15|title=Feds move on wireless Web, cell phones in flight|url=http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5491802.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20070325180343/http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5491802.html|archive-date=2007-03-25|access-date=2020-06-26|website=ZDNet|publisher=ZDNet News}}</ref>

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)".

==Dramatization==

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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20000414062842/http://www.crossair.ch/e/profile/press/2000/profile_presse_index_00.html Crossair press portal] ([https://www.webcitation.org/6YRJjzd48?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000414062842/www.crossair.ch/e/profile/press/2000/profile_presse_index_00.html Archive]) – Contains press releases regarding Crossair Flight 498

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20000302021917/http://www.crossair.ch/e/profile/press/2000/profile-presse-00_01_11_Passagierliste.html The names of the victims] ([https://www.webcitation.org/6YRJnH1zq?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20000302021917/www.crossair.ch/e/profile/press/2000/profile-presse-00_01_11_Passagierliste.html Archive])

* [http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte//1781_e.pdf Investigation Report on the accident to the Saab 340B aircraft, registration HB-AKK of Crossair Flight CRX498 on 10 January 2000 near Nassenwil/ZH] ([https://www.webcitation.org/65UVuMCHd?url=http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1781_e.pdf archiveArchive]) – [[Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau]] (translation)

** [http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte//1781_d.pdf German version] ([https://www.webcitation.org/65UVw0qt2?url=http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1781_d.pdf archiveArchive], original)

** [http://www.sust.admin.ch/pdfs/AV-berichte//1781_f.pdf French version] ([https://www.webcitation.org/65UVxhy06?url=http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1781_f.pdf archiveArchive], translation)

* [https://archive.is/20130221083429/http://dnausers.d-n-a.net/dnetGOjg/100100.htm Accident details]

* [http://aviation-safety.net/investigation/cvr/transcripts/cvr_crx498.php Cockpit voice recorder transcript]