Over eight and a half years after the fatal F/A-18 military jet accident in Switzerland, an air traffic controller has been found guilty of negligent homicide by a military appeal court. He received a suspended fine. The Second Military Court of Appeal upheld the acquittal of the second fighter jet pilot. +Get the most important news from Switzerland in your inbox The court sentenced the 42-year-old Skyguide air traffic controller in Aarau to a suspended fine of CHF11,400 ($12,900). He had already been given a suspended fine by an earlier court. The air traffic controller and the prosecutor had appealed that sentence. The military court of appeal found the man guilty of negligent homicide because he had informed the crashed F/A-18 pilot that he was flying at too low in Meiringen, canton Bern, on August 29, 2016. The 27-year-old pilot collided with the mountainside of Hinter Tierberg during a training flight after take-off from Meiringen. The pilot was killed and the aircraft was ...
