page_title: Nelly Diener
hierarchical_section_title: Nelly Diener
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Nelly Diener, erste Stewardess in Europa. English: Nelly Diener, the first air stewardess in Europe.
context_page_description: Nelly Hedwig Diener was the first European female flight attendant.
  Diener started flying for Swissair on 1 May 1934 and became known as the Engel der Lüfte. Diener died in the 1934 Swissair Tuttlingen accident. All three crew members and nine passengers died.
context_section_description: Nelly Hedwig Diener (5 February 1912 – 27 July 1934) was the first European female flight attendant. 
  Diener started flying for Swissair on 1 May 1934 and became known as the Engel der Lüfte ("Angel of the Skies"). Diener died in the 1934 Swissair Tuttlingen accident. All three crew members and nine passengers died.
caption: Diener in front of the Curtis AT-32C Condor
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