Author Topic: 20 Aug: Fatal accident near Sion Airport (LSGS), Switzerland  (Read 2234 times)

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20 Aug: Fatal accident near Sion Airport (LSGS), Switzerland
« on: September 06, 2017, 06:25:28 PM »
Piper PA-28-161 Warrior II
Owner/operator: Fluggruppe Seeland
Registration: HB-PTL
Fatalities: Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3
Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair)
Location: Savièse / Sanetschpass VS -    Switzerland 
Nature: Training
Departure airport: Sion airport (LSGS)
Destination airport: Bienne-Kappelen aerodrome (LSZP)

The plane crashed under unknown circumstances. All 3 (2 passengers/1 pilot) on board the plane were confirmed dead on the scene.

Sources:

https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/leisure-aircraft_valais-plane-crash-kills-three/43456270
https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/trois-personnes-meurent-dans-un-accident-d-avion-au-sanetsch/43456152
http://www.leparisien.fr/faits-divers/suisse-trois-morts-dans-le-crash-d-un-avion-de-tourisme-20-08-2017-7203396.php
http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/romandie/story/Trois-morts-dans-le-crash-d-un-avion-de-tourisme-14358084
« Last Edit: September 06, 2017, 06:30:01 PM by GeoffSM1 »