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08-06-2018, 11:00 PM
http://l2.yimg.com/uu/api/res/1.2/hBR6YQPtPqvo_SrXGE0fnA--/YXBwaWQ9eXRhY2h5b247aD04Njt3PTEzMDs-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2018-08-05T093844Z_2059717218_RC113BD3E780_RTRMADP_3_SWISS-CRASH.JPG (https://www.yahoo.com/news/20-feared-dead-swiss-alps-plane-crash-105543594.html)By Brenna Hughes Neghaiwi and Michael Shields FLIMS, Switzerland (Reuters) - All 20 people on board were killed when a small vintage plane crashed in the Swiss Alps, police said on Sunday. Three Austrians and 17 Swiss were on board the trimotor JU-52 aircraft, built in the late 1930's as a military aircraft and later used to operate scenic and charter flights, when it crashed shortly before 5 p.m. (1500 GMT) on Saturday on the west side of the Piz Segnas mountain in the canton of Grissons. Police said those killed were couples from the Swiss cantons of Zurich, Thurgau, Lucerne, Schwyz, Zug and Vaud, along with a three-member family from Austria and three crew members from Thurgau and Zurich.



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