In 2001 , Crossair Flight 3597 crashed into the ground at Bassersdorf while on approach to land at Zurich Airport . Twenty-four of the thirty-three people on board were killed . The investigation concluded that the accident was a controlled flight into terrain ( CFIT ) caused by a series of pilot errors and navigation mistakes that led the plane off-course . This course deviation caused the plane to crash into a hilltop , short of and north of its assigned landing strip , runway 28
Crossair Flight 3597
Crossair Flight 3597
Bassersdorf