Flight 111

On September 2, 1998, Swissair Flight 111 departed John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, bound for Geneva, Switzerland. Less than an hour later, while flying over the Atlantic near Peggy’s Cove in Nova Scotia (Canada), the aircraft encountered smoke in the cockpit and ultimately crashed into the ocean, killing all 229 passengers and crew aboard. 

In Flight 111, Swiss comic artist Talel Aronowicz confronts the unspoken tragedy that has shaped her life. For decades, her grandparents’ deaths in that crash were a taboo—never spoken of, never understood. Through evocative artwork, journal‑like reflections, and intimate storytelling, she explores grief, memory, and the long shadow of loss, bringing readers along as she pieces together what really happened and what it meant. This memoir blurs history and personal discovery into a moving graphic novel that touches the heart while shedding light on a real‑world tragedy.

About the author

Talel Aronowicz is a comic book author and illustrator. Since childhood, she has been documenting her adventures through drawings, dreaming of one day publishing a "real" graphic novel. However, the voice of reason led her to study law, eventually resulting in a career as a lawyer. After several years of practice, she decided to hang up her robes to study narrative arts in Paris, choosing to follow her passion and "live on sketches and fresh air" (a leap of faith into the artist’s life).