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Swiss Air Flight 111 Plane Crash History - Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy

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Swissair Flight 111 crashed on September 2, 1998 with 229 souls aboard. No one would ever put it all back together again. This year marks the 25th anniversary of the crash of Swissair Flight 111. The story about the crash, and the efforts to determine how it happened, was originally published in the July 2000 issue of Esquire. It was summer; it was winter. The village disappeared behind skeins of fog. Fishermen came and went in boats named Reverence, Granite Prince, Souwester. The ocean, which was green and wild, carried the boats out past Jackrock Bank toward Pearl Island and the open sea. In the village, on the last shelf of rock, stood a lighthouse, whitewashed and octagonal with a red turret. Its green light beamed over the green sea, and sometimes, in the thickest fog or heaviest storm, that was all the fishermen had of land, this green eye dimly flashing in the night, all they had of home and how to get there—that was the question. There were nights when that was the only questio

Swiss Air Flight 111 Plane Crash History - Long Fall of One-Eleven Heavy Skip to Content For You Entertainment What to Buy Style Lifestyle News and Politics Food and Drinks Sports Member Exclusives More 32 min read This year marks the 25th anniversary of the crash of Swissair Flight 111. The story about the crash, and the efforts to determine how it happened, was originally published in the July 2000 issue of Esquire. It was summer; it was winter. The village disappeared behind skeins of fog. Fishermen came and went in boats named Reverence, Granite Prince, Souwester. The ocean, which was gree

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