“There was sufficient grounds to suspect a criminal device on that plane. I am convinced that the investigation was improperly done.”
Retired RCMP sergeant Tom Juby — Arson investigator assigned to the Swissair file
“RCMP, DFO (Department of Fisheries and Oceans) and the Coast Guard conducted patrols of the area to maintain security of the scene. If someone tried to enter the area, they could have been charged with obstruction under the Criminal Code, or perhaps other offences under the various federal acts that might apply. Once the restrictions were lifted, the RCMP would not be aware of people going to the area to search for valuables, as it would not have been an offence or a police matter. This continues to be the case.”
Nova Scotia RCMP spokeswoman Cpl. Jennifer Clarke
“There was a lot of talk about it after the crash, that there had been all these valuables on board. That was a big deal. Somewhere down at the bottom of the ocean, theoretically, are those diamonds.”
Stephen Kimber — Author of the book Flight 111: A Year in the Life of a Tragedy.
“Usually those kind of paintings are sent in some kind of wooden construction that is really not a shock-proof container. We don’t know for sure but we assume that because of the heavy impact it was probably destroyed.”
Urs Peter Naef — a spokesperson for Swissair
“Le Peintre” (The Painter), by famed artist Pablo Picasso, was lost in the crash of Swissair Flight 111 off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada on Sep 2, 1998.
September 2 2020 — On September 2 1998, Swissair Flight 111 hit the water off the hamlet of Peggy’s Cove (Nova Scotia) killing all 229 passengers and crew on board instantly. According to the plane’s manifest, Flight 111 was also transporting a diamond from a Nature of Diamonds exhibition at the American Museum of Natural History in New York, one kilogram of other diamonds, about 4.5 kilograms of other jewellery, 49 kilograms of cash, and a multimillion-dollar version of Picasso’s Le Peintre. None of these was ever recovered. Follow us on Twitter: @INTEL_TODAY Continue reading →
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