| Date: | November 24, 2001 |
| Location: | Birchwil, Switzerland |
| Aircraft: | BAE Avro RJ100 |
| Reg: | HB-IXM |
| Airline: | Crossair |
| Flight No: | 3597 |
| Fatalities: | 33 : 24 |
| The aircraft was flying through a mix of rain and snow on final approach, when it crashed in a wooded area. American pop singer, Melanie Thornton, 34, killed. Maria Serano Serano and Nathaly van het Ende both 27, and members of the pop-music trio, Passion Fruit, also killed. |