Heliswiss | George Hatcher's Air Flight Disaster https://airflightdisaster.com Aviation News, Headlines & Alerts Fri, 25 May 2012 16:21:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Bell Crash in Switzerland https://airflightdisaster.com/bell-crash-in-switzerland/ Fri, 25 May 2012 14:38:20 +0000 http://airflightdisaster.com/?p=20675 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...

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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.

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