IRISH show jumper Jessica Kürten yesterday refused to rule out her suing the International Equestrian Federation (FEI) for damage to her reputation.

A RUSSIAN architect has told investigators he may have stabbed to death an air traffic controller he blamed for the deaths of his wife and children in a mid-air plane collision, but could not remember doing so.

SWISS officials said yesterday they had barred a crashed airliner more than a year ago because of technical deficiencies.

French and Egyptian officials laid wreaths today in an area of the Red Sea where a jet crashed, killing all 148 people aboard.

The Egyptian charter company whose plane crashed into the Red Sea killing 148 people had been banned from flying to Switzerland for more than a year because of technical problems, a civil aviation official said today.

At least one person was killed and 32 injured when two crowded passenger trains collided during the rush hour in a Zurich suburb, overturning one carriage on to a 16,000-volt power line and derailing two more.

Joachim Klein, Managing Director of budget airline Germanwings, has said the company wants to re-start talks with Zurich airport about establishing a hub there.

The pilot in the Milan plane crash was nicknamed Cowboy of the Air and Out of Oil.

Swiss voters have cleared government support for a successor to financially troubled Swissair.

Swiss citizens today rejected a proposal to scrap the country’s armed forces, cherished by many as vital protection for the small, long-neutral Alpine country in the heart of Europe.

Flight recorders from the Swiss airliner that crashed on approach to Zurich airport, killing 24 people, showed the pilots were in the process of aborting their landing attempt to make a new approach, investigators said today.

The search for survivors of last night’s air crash in Switzerland has been called off.

Rescuers are continuing to search for 14 people who are missing after a plane crashed near Zurich Airport.

At least 10 people have been killed after a regional Swiss airliner crashed on its landing approach to Zurich Airport.

Hotels and airlines moved to help thousands of stranded passengers today as the Swiss Government pressed Swissair and the largest banks to find a lasting solution to the sudden shutdown of the airline.

A Swiss doctor has been found guilty of negligent homicide following the death of a Palestinian who suffocated as police tried to deport him.

Three Swiss police officers and a doctor have been charged with negligent homicide over the death of a Palestinian who suffocated as police tried to deport him.