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The crash place is appropriate for Vallon according to in with difficulty accessible area, which can be attained only with the helicopter. Tomorrow representatives of the German authorities in Switzerland are expected. Eye-witnesses reported, the jet had flown in Bernese the upper country at an unusually low value of approximately 1600 meters from direction of the city intersheet to the Lauterbrunnertal. In the close valley surrounded by high mountains the pilot tried, the airplane up to pull. According to police data the jet fell into 3250 meters height into a cliff beside the virgin massif. The German vacationer Inge-borrow Kirschstein reported, the airplane raced into the valley. From a way been in their resort Muerren out, directly on the other valley side, saw the Bonnerin as well as friends the flier. "we thought, he it of the crest created", reported Kirschstein. In the cliff a smoke cloud with fire ball had to be seen seconds later. The explosion had to be heard relatively largely, a bang however, did not say surprisingly the citizen of Berlin holiday-maker hitting a corner pool of broadcasting corporations Eyser. "we were shaken all", said it. Tornadoes have a zweikoepfige crew. The combat aircraft can be used by different equipment also as reconnaissance plane. For this task the German Federal Armed Forces shifted six Tornadoes in the past week to Afghanistan. In addition it had loose-sent altogether to ten machines, in order to have replacement for possible losses. The fallen machine does not come a speaker citizens of Berlin of the Ministry of Defense according to from the clearing-up squadron 51 "Immelmann" in Jagel, which places the Tornadoes for the Afghanistan employment. The fighter plane originates from the fighter bomber wing 32 in Lechfeld in Bavaria, reports the "Bild" newspaper and "the Augsburger general one". The fighter bomber wing 32 belongs to the crisis reaction forces of the German Federal Armed Forces and in the Balkans was already used. The Tornado is used by the German Federal Armed Forces since 1981. Since then there were 44 total losses so mentioned according to data of the Ministry of Defense. In it contained both crashes and for example losses are by fires at the soil. With the Ungluecken there were 36 dead ones. Momentarily the Air Force of the German Federal Armed Forces has 188 Tornadoes. 1981 was it still 358. ler/AP/dpa
