ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 90020
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| Date: | 11-FEB-2011 |
| Time: | 11.45 |
| Type: |  Beechcraft 95-B55 Baron |
| Operator: | private |
| Registration: | HB-GDS |
| C/n / msn: | TC-850 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 5 / Occupants: 5 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Forcletta, Val d'Anniviers, Wallis -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | LSGL |
| LSGS |
Five people were killed when their Baron plane crashed in mountainous terrain.
The twin engine plane, registered in Switzerland, had taken off from Geneva, stopped over in Lausanne and was on its way to Sion, about 100 kilometres to the east. It crashed at an altitude of 3,000 metres near the border with Italy.
The wreck was discovered by a Super Puma of the army once the alarm had been raised when radio contact was lost.
Police in the southern Swiss canton (state) of Valais say the victims were a 58-year-old Switzerland-based pilot and a family he was taking on a sightseeing flight over the Alps.
The family included a 42-year-old woman, a 41-year-old man, a 15-year-old girl and a boy of 11.
Sources:
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-GDS.pdf
http://bazonline.ch/panorama/vermischtes/Privatflugzeug-stuerzt-im-Wallis-ab--mehrere-Opfer/story/13076824
http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=HB-GDS (photos of HB-GDS)
http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_news/Five_die_in_private_plane_crash.html?cid=29477308
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/02/12/swiss-police-killed-plane-crash-french/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+foxnews%2Fworld+%28Internal+-+World+Latest+-+Text%29
http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/westschweiz/schwerer-flugzeugabsturz-im-wallis-166502
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Feb-2011 10:17 | Steinmann | Added |
| 11-Feb-2011 10:21 | Steinmann | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 11-Feb-2011 13:46 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2011 06:20 | gerard57 | Updated [Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2011 06:25 | gerard57 | Updated [Narrative] |
| 13-Feb-2011 11:49 | gerard57 | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 14-Feb-2011 02:50 | Vaclav Kudela | Updated [Registration, Source] |
| 14-Feb-2011 15:28 | harro | Updated [Time, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 09-Apr-2011 04:16 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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