The collision of a tourist-a small aircraft and a helicopter in the Italian Alps are at least died five people. Two were injured in the accident on the Rutor glacier in Aosta valley, including a Swiss.
This tweeted on Friday, the Italian national mountain rescue service. In addition to the Swiss passenger French nationality have survived the accident. You have been associated with severe fractures by helicopter to a hospital in the town of Aosta. Her condition was critical, it said.
Several were helicopters with rescuers on the way to the accident. It was not initially ruled out that there are more victims. The search for two possible Missing persons had to be suspended on Friday evening due to darkness.
#ValledAosta, ghiacciaio del #Rutor: le vittime accertate sono 5. Proseguono le operazioni. Qui la prima foto aerea dal luogo dell’incidente. Seguono aggiornamenti. pic.twitter.com/cHpaVe0PBJ
— Corpo Nazionale Soccorso Alpino e Speleologico (@cnsas_official) January 25, 2019
Italian media reported that the helicopter from Courmayeur to Heli-Skiing was in use. The small aircraft was launched, according to the news Agency ADN Kronos in the French ski resort of Megève. The accident site is located in the triangle between Italy, France and Switzerland in the high Alpine region.
in The evening were the rescue operations due to darkness and the risk at the location have been canceled, so the mountain rescue. The search should go on Saturday.
The Italian aviation authority investigations to the causes of the accident. Pio Porretta, the Director of civil protection in the Aosta valley, said the weather conditions were at the time of the accident.
(oli/sda)
Created: 25.01.2019, 19:03 PM
