Bassersdorf
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Bassersdorf is a municipality in the Swiss canton of Zürich, located in the district of Bülach, and belongs to the Glatt Valley.
St. Johannis Church
Former train-station (relocated in 1980, destroyed in 2015)
Sawmill in the Wisental
Aerial view by Walter Mittelholzer (1920)
Crossair Flight 3597
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Crossair Flight 3597 was a scheduled flight from Berlin Tegel Airport, Germany, to Zurich Airport, Switzerland. On 24 November 2001, the Crossair Avro RJ100 operating the route, registered as HB-IXM,
Bassersdorf
…Under the Helvetic Republic (1798–1803), it was the district capital. On November 24th 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, including…
HB-IXM, the aircraft involved in the accident, pictured in July 2001
American singer and former La Bouche member Melanie Thornton was one of the passengers who died in the crash. She is pictured here on the night of the disaster.
The site of the crash
Memorial for those killed