Melanie Thornton was killed in the Crossair Flight that took off from what airport?
Crossair Flight 3597 Crossair Flight LX 3597 was a scheduled flight from Berlin Tegel Airport, in Germany, to Zürich Airport, in Switzerland. On 24 November 2001, the Crossair Avro RJ100 operating the route, registration HB-IXM, crashed into a wooded range of hills near Bassersdorf and caught fire, killing 24 of the 33 people on board.
Transair (UK) Transair Limited was an early post-World War II private, independent British airline formed in 1947. It began as an air taxi operator at Croydon Airport. In 1953, it started inclusive tour (IT) charter flights. By 1957, Transair became part of the Airwork group. The following year it shifted its operating base and headquarters to Gatwick Airport. In 1960, Transair was absorbed into British United Airways (BUA), as a result of the Airwork — Hunting-Clan merger.