Plane crash in Switzerland!

News is just coming in that a plane has crashed in Switzerland,

All thats being told at this moment is that several are presumed dead,

No links yet but its breaking on Skynews TV.

Ill update when more comes in,

edit-- heard that the place is called simplon





[edit on 23-8-2005 by asala]

Well, there goes antoher one. I'm beggining to wonder if it's the media reporting more, or there really is a lot more plane incidents happening. Every time I hear another news story my view goes towards the latter.

Oh my, how terrible. Please keep us updated and thanks for the info as this is the first I have heard of this.

Switzerland has been having torrential downpours which have caused landslides, maybe this plane crash is weather related???

just found this
Several feared dead in Swiss light plane crash


[edit on 8-23-2005 by worldwatcher]

Here is a little update.

Reuters Link

GENEVA (Reuters) - Several people are believed to have died on Tuesday when a light plane crashed near the Simplon mountain pass in south-central Switzerland, Swiss police said.

"Witnesses said the plane went into a tail spin and that the pilot had probably lost control. Probably several people died, but we don't know exactly how many," Vincent Favre, police spokesman in the canton (state) of Valais, told Reuters.

edit link


[edit on 8-23-2005 by worldwatcher]

Thanks for all the links, Ill just add the skynews one also Skynews

though it seems a little behind the others,

Switzerland has been having torrential downpours which have caused landslides, maybe this plane crash is weather related???

Yep i have heard weather has been pretty bad there latley,
not good at all, I feel for the family of these people.

Yes the weather in that area of the world has gotten increasingly worst during this season due to change of weather patterns, I will no be surprised is a weather related tragic accident.

Even if it didn't have to do with rain, it probably had to do with just flying in the mountains. It's a very dangerous thing to do, be it a light plane or an airliner.