This is the lead story here in Switzerland today. Sorry, I can't find anything in english:
20 Minuten - Passagierflugzeug zerschellte fast an Berg - Tessin
Rough translation:
Passenger plane almost crashed into mountain.
It was pure coincidence that nothing bad happened.
An Austrian aircraft (On behalf of Swiss) with 59 people on board flying from Zurich to Lugano when, during the landing approach, the GPWS sounded. A pilot, who was reported to be a passenger on board, heard the warning signals from the cockpit: "Pull up!" The aircraft had climbed so quick that it reached nearly 1000 meters in ten seconds.
The Collina D'Oro mountain range, on which the Dash-8 almost crashed, was the reason for the neckbreaking maneuver. Radar records, which are available on the Aviation Herald, are intended to show that a collision was really imminent. There is also the question of whether the pilot could have flown the chosen route at all. The Swiss Safety Investigation Unit (SUST) considered the incident serious. An investigation was opened.
Austrian Airlines comments:
Austrian Airlines dismissed the problem as a "Missed Approach" but according to Florian Reitz of SUST "The true extent of the serious incident was not known until months later,"
Furthermore, the pilot, who sat at the controls on 13th October 2015, was temporarily suspended by the airline, but now sitting again in the cockpit. Austrian Airlines does not provide any detailed information; a report on the incident has so far been kept secret.