Military trial Fighter jet crash on the Susten: Prosecutor demands fine
In the military trial into the fatal accident involving a fighter jet pilot in the Susten region in August 2016, the auditor (prosecutor) has demanded a conviction for involuntary manslaughter for an air traffic controller from Meiringen BE.
27.03.2025, 09:58
27.03.2025, 15:07
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The auditor told the Military Court of Appeal 2 in Aarau on Thursday that he was demanding a conditional fine of 90 days. In the first instance, he had demanded a conditional prison sentence. The air traffic controller of Skyguide AG wants an acquittal.
He had been sentenced to a conditional fine of 60 days in the first instance and appealed the guilty verdict. He had given the F/A18 pilot involved in the accident a flight altitude that was too low.
According to the auditor, the second fighter jet pilot should also be sentenced to a conditional fine of 90 days for negligent homicide. He was acquitted in the first instance.
The fatal aviation accident involving a 27-year-old fighter jet pilot in the Susten region in August 2016 will be legally reopened before the Military Court of Appeal
