Helicopter crashes in the Swiss Alps, three dead and three injured. On board were the pilot, a mountain guide and four customers.
The helicopter crashed this morning around 9.25am on Petit Combin. Arriving at the top of the mountain which culminates at 3,668 meters above sea level, the aircraft "slipped along the north face" for "a reason that the investigation will have to determine" The police of the Canton of Valais communicated this.