Time Out
23rd Dec 2003, 07:16
Helicopter crashes into Swiss mountain; 1 killed, 3 injured
Agence France-Presse
Diablerets, Switzerland, December 22
A helicopter crashed into an icy mountain in western Switzerland on Monday, killing one person on board and injuring three others, including the pilot, police said.
The cause of the crash, at the top of the Scex Rouge peak near the Swiss ski resort Les Diablerets, was not yet clear and police in the canton (region) Vaud said an inquiry had been launched.
The helicopter took off at 0800 GMT to take five technicians to ski stations in the area to deal with some mechanical problems, according to the police.
But 15 minutes after safely leaving two technicians at a stopover, the helicopter crashed, killing one and leaving the others with light injuries and in a state of shock.
"At the time of the incident the atmospheric conditions and visibility were changeable," the local police said in a statement.
source (http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_504866,00050003.htm)
and
December 22, 2003 4:56 PM
Helicopter crash
One person has died and three others have been lightly injured in a helicopter crash above the skiing resort of Les Diablerets in western Switzerland.
The helicopter was transporting engineers to a broken-down ski lift on the Scex Rouge mountain when it crashed at an altitude of 2,800 metres.
An investigation has been launched into the cause of the accident.
A spokesman for the lift operator said atmospheric conditions and visibility were changeable at the time of the crash.
source (http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=113&sid=4574690)
Agence France-Presse
Diablerets, Switzerland, December 22
A helicopter crashed into an icy mountain in western Switzerland on Monday, killing one person on board and injuring three others, including the pilot, police said.
The cause of the crash, at the top of the Scex Rouge peak near the Swiss ski resort Les Diablerets, was not yet clear and police in the canton (region) Vaud said an inquiry had been launched.
The helicopter took off at 0800 GMT to take five technicians to ski stations in the area to deal with some mechanical problems, according to the police.
But 15 minutes after safely leaving two technicians at a stopover, the helicopter crashed, killing one and leaving the others with light injuries and in a state of shock.
"At the time of the incident the atmospheric conditions and visibility were changeable," the local police said in a statement.
source (http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_504866,00050003.htm)
and
December 22, 2003 4:56 PM
Helicopter crash
One person has died and three others have been lightly injured in a helicopter crash above the skiing resort of Les Diablerets in western Switzerland.
The helicopter was transporting engineers to a broken-down ski lift on the Scex Rouge mountain when it crashed at an altitude of 2,800 metres.
An investigation has been launched into the cause of the accident.
A spokesman for the lift operator said atmospheric conditions and visibility were changeable at the time of the crash.
source (http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=113&sid=4574690)