Switzerland’s aviation agency has revoked the commercial flight license for Ju-Air flights on vintage aircraft after a fatal accident in the Alps final year. Certain private flights may still be allowed. The Federal Office of Civil Aviation said on Tuesday that it reassessed the risks of passenger flights with vintage airplanes after Ju-Air's 79-year-old Junkers Ju-52 crashed in southeastern Switzerland on August 4,killing all 20 people on board. It concluded that continuing commercial flights "no longer fulfills nowadays's safety demands". The decision is corroborated by the results of the accident investigations carried out by the Swiss Safety Investigation Service (SESE). Rules elsewhere in Europe are also set to be tightened this year. In November 2018, Swiss authorities said it was temporarily grounding two Junkers Ju-52 vintage airplanes operated by the Ju-Air company based near Zurich after structural damage was discovered in the Ju-52 aircraft that crashed in August. ...
Source: swissinfo.ch