Darwin SB20 at Lugano on Nov 28th 2013, engine shut down in flight

A Darwin Airlines Saab 2000 on behalf of Swiss, registration HB-IZW performing flight LX-2903 from Lugano to Zurich (Switzerland), was climbing out of Lugano when the right hand engine (Ae2100) failed prompting the crew to shut the engine down and to divert to Milan's Malpensa Airport (Italy) for a safe landing.

Milan Malpensa Airport confirmed the aircraft diverted to Malpensa due to a technical problem, the crew requested the longest runway available.

The airline reported the crew received indication of failure of the right hand engine prompting the diversion to Milan. The remainder of the flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto other flights. The indication may have been false, the aircraft is being examined.