Upon arrival in Zürich airspace, about an hour after takeoff, the pilots were cleared for an ILS approach to runway 14, but were switched to a VOR/DME approach to runway 28 because of a noise law restriction after 10:00 PM. There were poor visibility conditions due to low clouds, and the cockpit voice recorder captured the transmission of a previously landing Crossair flight informing the tower that they could not see the runway until away. At 22:07 CET, the airplane crashed into a wooded range of hills near the small town of Bassersdorf, around short of the runway, where it broke apart and went up in flames. Twenty-four people died (including the cockpit crew and a flight attendant), while nine (seven passengers and two flight attendants) survived.