1998What is the significance of Swissair Flight 111?
Swissair Flight 111, en route from New York to Geneva, tragically crashed into St. Margaret's Bay, Nova Scotia, on September 2, 1998, resulting in the loss of all 229 people aboard. The disaster prompted a four-year investigation by the Transportation Safety Board of Canada, which cited flammable aircraft materials as a key factor in the uncontrollable onboard fire. Uniquely, the memorials at Whalesback and Bayswater were designed to echo the triangular relationship between the crash site and the two shoreline communities most involved in the recovery. Visitors to these memorials can find the names of all those lost and reflect on the recovery efforts undertaken by residents of Peggy’s Cove and Blandford.
