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Private Plane Crash In Switzerland, 5 Or 6 Dead

flyingturtle From Switzerland, joined Oct 2011, 1290 posts, RR: 2
Posted (1 year 3 weeks 5 days 9 hours ago) and read 2681 times:

Just in the news:

Five or six dead in a private plane accident in Tatroz, 8 km north of Vevey (which is on the Lake Geneva). They were flying from Lausanne-Blécherette (QLS) to Ecublens (canton of Fribourg).

Witnesses told the police that they made two circles over the village of Tatroz, presumably to greet friends who were having an aperitif outside. As "20 minutes" says, referring to information confirmed by the police, the occupants were talking with their friends on the ground using mobile phones.

Not all bodies have been recovered yet.

Tribune de Genève (French): http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/avion-s-ecrase-champ/story/20224834

Tages-Anzeiger (German): http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/panorama...ei-Flugzeugabsturz-/story/10237287

20 minutes (French): http://www.20min.ch/ro/news/romandie...ns-un-champs-fribourgeois-28422041

David

[Edited 2012-04-28 15:50:04]

Even a letdown, if it is thoroughly and final, is a step forward.

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flyingturtle From Switzerland, joined Oct 2011, 1290 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (1 year 3 weeks 4 days 19 hours ago) and read 2047 times:

New information from http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/crash-morte...on-fribourg-rescape/story/21200789 :

- they were under way to Ecuvillens (LSGE)
- four men, two women are dead
- according to one witness, the aircraft seemed to fly at 100 meters above the village, doing the two turns described before

Pretty sad how pilots can be distracted from flying. RIP.

Even a letdown, if it is thoroughly and final, is a step forward.

type-rated From United States of America, joined Sep 1999, 4353 posts, RR: 20
Reply 2, posted (1 year 3 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1670 times:

Doing turns around some ground spectators probably low to the ground while talking on a cell phone and probably with the passengers on the plane aren't a good combination. When does the airspeed indicator get any attention in all of this?

The plane was probably flying in a circle, the bank got steeper and steeper with each turn at a somewhat low power setting. The stall speed creeps up slowly until the flying speed and the stall speed meet rather quickly and they have no room for recovery.

Rip.

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YVRLTN From Canada, joined Oct 2006, 2095 posts, RR: 0
Reply 3, posted (1 year 3 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1537 times:

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