ANOTHER SWITZERLAND PLANE CRASH, THIS TIME KILLING 20
OH, and gee how convenient that,,,
The vintage plane presumably did not have the crash-resistant cockpit voice and data recorders that more modern aircraft have.
Twenty people are killed after Nazi era WWII sightseeing plane crashes into Alps - just hours after family of four were killed when their aircraft went down in Swiss forest
The old-time propeller plane crashed on the Piz Segnas mountain above the Swiss Alpine resort of Flims
All the passengers aboard the plane were killed in the crash, authorities confirmed on Saturday
Earlier on Saturday, a plane crashed in the Rengg mountain pass area, killing two parents and their children
ll 20 people on board a vintage sightseeing plane were killed when the aircraft crashed into a mountainside in the Swiss Alps - hours after a family of four were killed when their small aircraft went down in a forest.
The Junkers Ju-52 plane went down on Saturday on the Piz Segnas mountain above the Swiss Alpine resort of Flims, striking the mountain's western flank about 2,540 metres (8,330 feet) above sea level.
The mountainous area in south-eastern Switzerland is popular with hikers and skiers and includes a glacier.
Police said they have now determined that all 20 people on board the plane, including its three crew members, died. Eleven men and nine women were killed.
Mr Knecht said the vintage plane presumably did not have the crash-resistant cockpit voice and data recorders that more modern aircraft have.
He said officials have essentially ruled out a collision with another aircraft or hitting an obstacle such as a wire.
He also said there is no indication of foul play or that the aircraft lost parts or broke up before the crash.
The plane was flying the passengers back from a two-day trip to Locarno in southern Switzerland to its base at Duebendorf, near Zurich.
Nearly 5,000 Ju-52 planes, a product of Germany's Junkers, were manufactured between 1932 and 1952.
Ju-Air's Ju-52 planes are former Swiss military aircraft, built in 1939, that were retired by the air force in 1981.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6028283/Up-20-people-feared-dead-sightseeing-plane-crashes-Swiss-Alps.html