Bell Crash in Switzerland
What: HeliSwiss Bell Jet Ranger training flight
Where: Tschäggeten-Alp, Kandertal, Berner Oberland Switzerland
When: May 24, 2012
Who: 3 aboard, 3 fatalities
Why: Three Swiss pilots, one of them a flight instructor leading the training flight crashed after hitting a wire.
The flight went missing at 5:45, after which a search continued until darkness in the rugged terrain was too dangerous.
The Heliswiss helicopter crashed into a tributary of the Kander Valley. The site of the impact is a steep, wooded, rocky slope in Tschaggenten-Alp, an area with poor reception, which is hindering recovery services.
After a fire was spotted, rescue teams were flown in, halted overnight (with only security guards on hand) and recovery begun again May 25th.
A team has been assembled to care for the family members.
The Bell Jet Ranger is an American helicopter.