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Piper 31 tourist airplane crashed in Switzerland: one victim

Freiburg, Switzerland - It was flying over a forest and was directed to Geneva

A small plane crashed today in Switzerland, when it touched a high-voltage cable. One person has died and it is not excluded that there is a second victim; an announcement made by Raphaël Hermann, local police spokesman. The incident occurred at about 2.15pm in Cottens, between Freiburg and Romont, near a football field. The aircraft, a twin-engine propeller Piper 31, lost altitude and hit the...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1135486
Rome, Italy, 11/10/2011 19:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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