ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 281138
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| Date: | Sunday 30 June 1968 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | HB-OYL |
| MSN: | 28-21130 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1965 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Aletsch glacier -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Zürich-Kloten International Airport (ZRH) |
A Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee crashed under unknown circumstances on the Aletsch glacier.
All three occupants died in the crash.
Due to melting of the ice, the wreckage of the plane was discover in the year 2022.
Sources:
www.20min.ch
https://www.lefigaro.fr/flash-actu/l-epave-d-un-avion-accidente-en-1968-retrouvee-dans-un-glacier-en-suisse-20220805
https://www.idnes.cz/zpravy/zahranicni/svycarske-alpy-vrak-letadla-rok-1968.A220806_115323_zahranicni_pukk
Media:
🇨🇭Suisse - 54 ans après le crash – L’épave d’un Piper ressurgit du glacier Aletsch.
— PLANES OF LEGEND (@PlanesOfLegend) August 5, 2022
1-https://t.co/8aYqlcCaHu
2-https://t.co/gLNyZ8cnjp
3-https://t.co/USwyqqZYVm pic.twitter.com/ZP6r00Nsku
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 16:02 | gerard57 | Added |
| 05-Aug-2022 17:15 | harro | Updated [Departure airport, Category] |
| 05-Aug-2022 21:36 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code, Narrative] |
| 06-Aug-2022 14:08 | Vaclav Kudela | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
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