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| Date: | Tuesday 12 September 2017 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: |  Pilatus PC-7 |
| Owner/operator: | Swiss Air Force |
| Registration: | A-937 |
| MSN: | 345 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Schreckhorn, Bernese Alps -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Payerne (LSMP) (08:00) |
| Locarno (LSZL) (09:00) |
The aircraft should have landed to Locarno, expected time 9:00am.
The Swiss army PC-7 aircraft has been located near the Schreckhorn mountain in the Bernese Alps.
The pilot was found dead on the scene.
Sources:
https://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/un-pc-7-de-l-arm%C3%A9e-suisse-dispara%C3%AEt-des-radars/43512740
https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/search-underway_swiss-army-plane-missing/43512684
http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/suisse/story/Le-pilote-du-PC-7-de-l-armee-retrouve-mort-24705498
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRHfmcKQ00E
http://forum.scramble.nl/viewtopic.php?p=880715#p880715
http://www.wings-aviation.ch/16-SAF/2-Aircraft/Pilatus-PC-7/Trainer.htm
http://www.airliners.net/photo/Switzerland---Air/Pilatus-NCPC-7/2565047/L
Images:
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Sep-2017 10:50 | Iceman 29 | Added |
| 12-Sep-2017 16:25 | Maurice809 | Updated [Source, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 16:35 | penu | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Other fatalities, Location, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 17:48 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Total fatalities, Photo, ] |
| 12-Sep-2017 21:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Total fatalities, Source, Damage, Narrative, ] |
| 13-Sep-2017 10:28 | TB | Updated [Time, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, ] |
| 15-Sep-2017 12:24 | Numaweb | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 16-Sep-2017 16:35 | TB | Updated [Source, Embed code, ] |
| 08-Oct-2017 15:50 | muma | Updated [Registration, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 08-Oct-2017 15:50 | harro | Updated [Total fatalities, Total occupants, Source, ] |
| 10-Oct-2017 17:34 | penu | Updated [Cn, Source, ] |
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