Plane crash in Alps kills all 20 on board
ALL 20 passengers on a plane which crashed in the Swiss Alps died, police say.
Three Austrians and 17 Swiss were on the aircraft when it dropped “nearly vertically at high speed” on Saturday. Three crew were among those who died.
No distress call was received. The cause of the crash is still unknown, and the plane did not have a black box recorder.
The 1930s’ JU-Air trimotor JU52 military aircraft was being used for sightseeing. It plummeted on a return trip from Locarno in Switzerland.
JU-Air’s boss, Kurt Waldmeier, said: “We have all suffered a very great loss.”
The Swiss Transportation Safety Investigation Board said: “The aircraft hit the ground nearly vertically at high speed.”