Apparent revenge murder for air disaster
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Revenge theory in killing of controller
From The Times
February 27, 2004
SWISS police are considering revenge killing as the motive for the murder of an air traffic controller who was on duty during one of Europe's worst mid-air collisions.
More than 50 schoolchildren died 19 months ago when a Tupolev 154 airliner was directed into the path of a Boeing 757 cargo plane between Swiss and German airspace.
It is now thought possible a grieving father could be responsible for the death of Peter Nielsen, 36, who was working in the Zurich control tower alone - in breach of regulations - at the time of the accident.
On Tuesday evening, as Nielsen, a Dane, was preparing supper with his wife Mette the doorbell rang at his home in Kloten.
The visitor, in his early 50s and of a muscular build with black-grey hair, spoke in broken German.
During a brief but heated exchange, he stabbed Nielsen, who died cradled by his wife in front of his three children.
Swiss authorities have stepped up protection for a second controller who was also on duty -- but briefly out of the control tower -- on the night of the crash, in which 71 people died.
The schoolchildren were flying to Spain for a holiday rewarding them for good exam results. Debris and bodies were scattered over the Lake Constance resort of Uberlingen.
A police source said the killing was "almost certainly rooted in the Uberlingen tragedy".
Families of the victims, from Bashkiria in the southern Urals, are still seething with rage over the tragedy.
When Swiss politicians tried to attend a memorial service in Ufa, the capital, their visit was cancelled because their safety could not be guaranteed.
Lawyers for Skyguide, the air traffic control group that employed Nielsen, settled out of court last November, paying an estimated $US300,000 ($388,000) each to the families of the aircrew. But payments to the parents of the children have been delayed until a final report on the accident is presented by the German federal agency for the monitoring of air accidents. It will not be released until March 31.
Julia Fedotova, the bereaved parents' spokeswoman, who lost her 14-year-old daughter in the crash, has expressed sympathy to the controller's family. "We mourn with them," she said.
From The Times
February 27, 2004
SWISS police are considering revenge killing as the motive for the murder of an air traffic controller who was on duty during one of Europe's worst mid-air collisions.
More than 50 schoolchildren died 19 months ago when a Tupolev 154 airliner was directed into the path of a Boeing 757 cargo plane between Swiss and German airspace.
It is now thought possible a grieving father could be responsible for the death of Peter Nielsen, 36, who was working in the Zurich control tower alone - in breach of regulations - at the time of the accident.
On Tuesday evening, as Nielsen, a Dane, was preparing supper with his wife Mette the doorbell rang at his home in Kloten.
The visitor, in his early 50s and of a muscular build with black-grey hair, spoke in broken German.
During a brief but heated exchange, he stabbed Nielsen, who died cradled by his wife in front of his three children.
Swiss authorities have stepped up protection for a second controller who was also on duty -- but briefly out of the control tower -- on the night of the crash, in which 71 people died.
The schoolchildren were flying to Spain for a holiday rewarding them for good exam results. Debris and bodies were scattered over the Lake Constance resort of Uberlingen.
A police source said the killing was "almost certainly rooted in the Uberlingen tragedy".
Families of the victims, from Bashkiria in the southern Urals, are still seething with rage over the tragedy.
When Swiss politicians tried to attend a memorial service in Ufa, the capital, their visit was cancelled because their safety could not be guaranteed.
Lawyers for Skyguide, the air traffic control group that employed Nielsen, settled out of court last November, paying an estimated $US300,000 ($388,000) each to the families of the aircrew. But payments to the parents of the children have been delayed until a final report on the accident is presented by the German federal agency for the monitoring of air accidents. It will not be released until March 31.
Julia Fedotova, the bereaved parents' spokeswoman, who lost her 14-year-old daughter in the crash, has expressed sympathy to the controller's family. "We mourn with them," she said.
Its like the thread the other day asking those of us who are parents if we would seek out and kill the killer of our children......
No outcome is good for closure.
No outcome is good for closure.
Wow. I've always wondered why things like this don't happen more often as a result of these situations.
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