Swiss flight attendant dies a week after emergency landing caused by smoke on board

Swiss says it is ‘devastated at our dear colleague’s death’ - (Getty Images)

A Swiss flight attendant who was on a plane that made an emergency landing in Austria due to smoke in the cabin has died, the airline announced.

Swiss Air Lines, a subsidiary of Lufthansa, announced “with the deepest of sorrow and regret” on Monday that a male cabin crew member on flight LX1885 had died in hospital in Graz, Austria.