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Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) announced that a cabincrew member who was taken to hospital after a flight was forced to make an emergency landing in Austria when smoke filled the cockpit and cabin, has died. There were 74 passengers and five crew members on board. All passengers were evacuated safely.
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