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Aircraft with 20 onboard crashes in Swiss Alps

Aircraft with 20 onboard crashes in Swiss Alps

| @indiablooms | 05 Aug 2018, 03:20 pm

Geneva, Aug 5 (IBNS): At least 20 people were killed when a vintage aircraft crashed into a mountainside in eastern Switzerland, media reports said on Sunday.

According to reports, the crashed aircraft belonged to World War Two period. 

The Junkers JU-52 HB-HOT aircraft was reportedly carrying 17 people and three crew members when the mishap occurred.

Operator JU-Air expressed sadness over loss of lives in the incident.

In a statement, the operator said: "A JU-Air Ju-52 crashed on Saturday, August 4. The JU-Air team is deeply saddened and thinks of the passengers, the crew and families and friends of the victims. The canton police has set up a helpline for relatives: 081 257 77 77."

"The flight operations of JU-Air is suspended until further notice," it said.

The cause of the crash is not known so far.

Image: Wikimedia Commons

 

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