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Old 17th Apr 2005, 07:41
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tecpilot
 
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The helicopter departed at 10:38 in Zürich (Switzerland) inbound Bergamo (Italy) At 16:00 Bergamo missed the ship and informed the Switzerland Air Rescue (REGA). A Rega helicopter spotted the wreckage at 18:30 above Airolo completely outburned in 8000ft.
The ship collided with the mountain in bad weather. Heavy fog on the south side of the Gotthard and stormy chinook wind on the north side of the pass. Due to the fog it was impossible on the first day to recover the bodies.
At the moment without questions the next CFIT in bad weather.
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