The scene played out over the lake of Thun: Three fighter jets of the Swiss air force came on the afternoon of the 2. October, a rescue helicopter and the Rega dangerously close. The F/A-18, all singles, were started in Meiringen flying in formation, on-the-go.
The helicopter type Augusta Swiss air-rescue had three people on Board – a pilot and two crew. They transported the dangerous approach neither passengers nor patients.
“close As the machines have come, not exactly,” says Florian Reitz of the Swiss safety investigation Board (Saib). The information is based on the estimation of the helicopter pilots. He was the one who reported the incident to the Saib . The air force has confirmed him at the request of the investigator-in-charge.
On the 12. February 2015 occurred in the vicinity of Meiringen nearly a collision between a fighter jet, type F-5 Tiger climb and a civilian helicopter in the descent. The investigation to the Saib is not revealed at the time that the helicopter pilot kept the assigned altitude. (pia)
Created: 14.12.2018, 15:24 PM
