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Old 13th Jul 2003, 02:37
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Plane plunges into Lake Geneva

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Grenoble, France - A small tourist plane plunged into Lake Geneva on the border between France and Switzerland on Saturday afternoon, killing two people, one of them an 11-year-old boy, French rescue workers said.

Around 40 rescue workers were sent out to try and locate the plane, thought to have sunk 50m below the surface of the lake, to retrieve the boy's body, they said.

It was not immediately clear why the Swiss-registered plane nosedived into the lake, 200m from the French lakeside town of Saint-Gingolph, they said.

The 51-year-old pilot, who managed to extricate himself from the stricken craft, was being treated by rescue workers for shock. Plane plunges into Lake Geneva
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Latest in French. Pilot survived, his 11-year-old son did not. 1937 biplane allegedly showing off by flying low between a lake steamer and the shore, according to TV news. Conditions hot, clear and still here today.

Crash à Saint-Gingolph: les recherches ont été interrompues

BERNE - Un avion de tourisme immatriculé en Suisse s'est ab'mé dans le Léman, près du port français de Saint-Gingolph. Le pilote, un ressortissant suisse domicilié en Haute Savoie, a pu s'extraire de l'appareil. Son fils âgé de onze ans est toujours porté disparu.
Les plongeurs ont retrouvé le siège sur lequel le garçon était assis avec la ceinture de sécurité détachée. Les recherches ont toutefois été interrompues pour la nuit vers 20h15, a indiqué la police cantonale vaudoise. L'avion, un monomoteur, g't par 50 mètres de fond.
Plusieurs dizaines de secouristes ont été engagés sur les lieux de l'accident. Des plongeurs valaisans et vaudois ont participé aux opérations, a indiqué un porte-parole de la police valaisanne.
Pour une raison indéterminée, l'avion, qui avait décollé de Prangins, dans le canton de Vaud, a plongé dans le lac à environ 200 mètres de la rive. L'accident a eu lieu aux alentours de 14h00.
Le maire de Saint-Gingolph Raymond Peray a indiqué au téléjournal de 19h30 sur la TSR que le pilote de l'appareil, «un vieil avion de 1937», aurait apperçu le bateau «La Savoie» sur le lac et voulu «croiser entre l'embarcation et le rivage». Comme il «volait trop bas», il se serait écrasé au cours de la manoeuvre, a ajouté M. Peray.
Souffrant de différents traumatismes, le pilote a été transporté par hélicoptère au CHUV à Lausanne, a indiqué la police cantonale vaudoise. 122119 jul

12.07.2003 21:19, SDA-ATS
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Weather at 15.00 local at St Gingolf was hot, hazy and turbulent.

A tradegy for all, especially the pilot and his wife.
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