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| Date: | Thursday 4 September 1980 |
| Time: | 15:18 LT |
| Type: |  Aérospatiale SA 315B Lama |
| Owner/operator: | Air Glaciers SA |
| Registration: | HB-XEO |
| MSN: | 2321 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1973 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 6 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Jungfraufirn, VS -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Non-Scheduled/charter/Air Taxi |
| Departure airport: | Lauterbrunnen - LSXL |
| Lauterbrunnen - LSXL | |
| Investigating agency: | BFU Switz. |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
The helicopter crashed during a sightseeing flight on the glacier. All occupants were minor injured.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/1021.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 21 November 1983 | HB-XEO | Air Glaciers SA | 0 | Savièse, VS | |
non |
| 13 October 1993 | HB-XEO | Air Glaciers SA | 0 | Château-d'Oex, VD | |
min |
| 30 August 2016 | HB-XEO | Air Glaciers | 0 | La Médettaz, Salvan Gorge, near Tretien | |
w/o |
| Collision with pole or wires | ||||||
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Dec-2010 10:54 | Alpine Flight | Added |
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