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| Date: | Friday 17 February 2017 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Swiss Air Force |
| Registration: | A-915 |
| MSN: | 323 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Location: | St. Moritz -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | |
A Pilatus PC-7 of the "Swiss Air Force PC-7 Team" colldided with a camera cable during an airshow at the Ski World Championship 2017 in St. Moritz. The cable broke and the camara fell onto the piste, right into the final end of the ski run area.
That camera system hangs from 2 steel cables over a distance of about 1 kilometer, controlled with a third cable, and as the PC-7 team came over the mountain, visibility was bad (cloudy overcast) .
It was a near-disaster, such a camera weighs about 20 kilos, and could have killed people watching the ski race, which is now delayed after this incident.
Again, at air shows, high risk of collisions.
Police is investigating.
Sources:
Live-TV, austrian channel (ORF1)
Heinz Meier
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 17-Feb-2017 11:44 | Alpine Flight | Added |
| 17-Feb-2017 12:00 | Alpine Flight | Updated [Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2017 13:08 | Anon. | Updated [Total occupants, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2017 13:34 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Embed code, Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2017 13:37 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 17-Feb-2017 17:26 | lspm | Updated [Destination airport, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Feb-2017 11:23 | Aerossurance | Updated [Destination airport, Narrative, ] |
| 20-Mar-2017 11:44 | Anon. | Updated [Other fatalities, Destination airport, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 21-Mar-2017 19:08 | harro | Updated [Registration, Other fatalities, Source, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 16:49 | TB | Updated [Cn, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 16:51 | TB | Updated [Damage, ] |
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