ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163228
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| Date: | Wednesday 17 May 1950 |
| Time: | morning |
| Type: | Percival P.34 Proctor III |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | HB-UMI |
| MSN: | H-541 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | 2 nm ENE Gletch/VS, below Furka-Pass -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Basel |
| Milano | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Crashed in bad weather 40 m above the entrance of the tunnel of the railway Gletsch-Realp, below the Fuurka-Pass, at 7000 ft AMSL.
It was found on may 22nd by a foreman of the railway.
Two bankers and a US colonel besides the 34 year old pilot died in the accident.
Sources:
Hamburger Abendblatt 19 May 1950
Swiss Archives-Archivplansuche
Chrigis Photo Site
https://scriptorium.bcu-lausanne.ch/zoom/31310/view?page=22&p=separate&search=avion&hlid=83770372&tool=search&view=268,2663,1820,816
https://www.e-newspaperarchives.ch/?a=d&d=VDV19500527-01.2.10&srpos=16&e=-------de-20-VDV-1--img-txIN-velivolo-------0-----
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 13-Jan-2014 17:17 | TB | Added |
| 15-Feb-2014 08:15 | sparrow9 | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Country, Source] |
| 08-Mar-2018 13:49 | TB | Updated [Location, Source] |
| 12-Jul-2019 15:58 | A.J.Scholten | Updated [Source] |
| 28-Jul-2020 13:05 | TB | Updated [Source] |
| 10-Dec-2021 15:51 | sparrow9 | Updated [Time, Location, Source, Narrative, Category] |
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