The helicopter skidded off its landing zone.
The helicopter crashed off its landing zone near the Petit Combin peak in the south west of Switzerland A helicopter crash has killed three people and injured three others in the Swiss Alps. The light utility helicopter skidded off its landing zone near the 3,668-metre Petit Combin peak in Valais, south west Switzerland, at around 9.25am this morning. The helicopter from Air Glaciers had four tourists, a mountain guide, and the pilot on board.
Valais Police said in a statement: ‘Having reached the summit of a mountain culminating at 3,668 metres above sea level, for a reason that the investigation will have to determine, the aircraft slid down the northern slope.
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