ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 228502
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| Date: | Sunday 25 August 2019 |
| Time: | 10:20 LT |
| Type: |  Piper PA-28RT-201 Arrow IV |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | G-BVDH |
| MSN: | 28R-7918030 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 3 / Occupants: 3 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Simplon Pass, VS -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Lausanne-La Blécherette Airport (QLS/LSGL) |
| Italy | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
A Piper PA-28RT-201 Arrow IV crashed into the Simplon Mountain, Valais, Switzerland, at approx 6100 feet. The aircraft took off around 9:00 from Lausanne-La Blécherette Airport (QLS/LSGL),Vaud for a flight to Italy, but it crashed an hour and a half later in the vicinity of the Simplon Pass at around 2000 meters of altitude.
All three occupants onboard, including a baby, were fatally injured and the aircraft was destroyed.
Sources:
https://www.lematin.ch/suisse/petit-avion-sport-s-ecrase-col-simplon/story/31136128
https://www.lenouvelliste.ch/articles/valais/canton/haut-valais-un-avion-s-ecrase-au-col-du-simplon-862124
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/swiss-alps-plane-crash-death-simplon-pass-italy-border-latest-a9078401.html
https://www.bluewin.ch/fr/infos/faits-divers/simplon-trois-morts-dans-l-accident-d-avion-291120.html
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https://flightaware.com/live/flight/GBVDH/history/20190825/0743Z/LSGL/L%2046.27270%207.47211
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/g-bvdh#21d56937
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Media:
Trois personnes perdent la vie dans un accident d'avion au col du Simplon https://t.co/TUVeraTgvH
— News Suisse (@news_suisse) August 25, 2019
British composer and BBC Proms star die with baby daughter in Alps plane crash https://t.co/WNa2Q87483
— Sky News (@SkyNews) August 27, 2019
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Aug-2019 09:58 | gerard57 | Added |
| 25-Aug-2019 14:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Aircraft type, Total fatalities, Total occupants, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2019 14:39 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Aug-2019 14:41 | gerard57 | Updated [Source] |
| 25-Aug-2019 17:07 | gerard57 | Updated [Departure airport] |
| 25-Aug-2019 18:34 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2019 20:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Narrative, Photo] |
| 25-Aug-2019 20:08 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 25-Aug-2019 20:09 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Embed code] |
| 25-Aug-2019 21:32 | Captain Adam | Updated [Registration, Location, Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2019 22:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2019 22:54 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 25-Aug-2019 22:55 | RobertMB | Updated [Narrative] |
| 27-Aug-2019 19:03 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
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