31 August 2016, 1200: Swiss radio news just announced that the body of the pilot has been found in the wreckage now that ground teams have been able to reach the crash site.
Sad news. He was 27 years old.
He was number 2 of a pair of FA-18s that left Meiringen at 1600 for interception practice with an F-5, and radio contact was lost just 4 minutes after take-off, apparently in IMC.
Our thoughts with family and friends.
Laurence