Plane crash
They had started in Aargau: Two dead in glider crash in Valais
Two people died when a glider crashed in Valais on Friday afternoon. They were two Swiss citizens aged 72 and 46 who had apparently taken off from the canton of Aargau.
A glider crashed in Valais on Friday afternoon. As the Valais cantonal police announced on Saturday, the accident occurred below the Chistehorn in the municipality of Niedergesteln. A 72-year-old man and a 46-year-old man were killed in the crash.
A 72-year-old man and a 46-year-old man were killed when a glider crashed in Valais.
Image: Cantonal Police of Valais
A third party observed the crash and alerted Rega shortly before 4 p.m. The emergency services on site, who were then informed and flew to the crash site in an Air Zermatt helicopter, could only confirm the deaths of the two occupants.
As the Valais police further write, according to initial findings, the glider took off from an airfield in the canton of Aargau at around 12.30 p.m. on Friday. The Swiss Accident Investigation Board (SISSB) has launched an investigation. The cause of the accident is still unclear.
