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Swiss bus disaster: C-130 aircraft to repatriate victims

Brussels, Belgium - "A scene of war"

The Belgian authorities disposed for two military C-130 Hercules aircraft to fly home the bodies of 22 children and six adults killed in the terrible bus accident in the southern Swiss canton of Valais (more details in this AVIONEWS), considered the most serious traffic accident in Switzerland's history for decades. The children were all from the Belgian schools of Stekske ans St. Lambertus, Lommel...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1138649
Rome, Italy, 03/15/2012 15:02
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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