Switzerland: Tourist plane crash near French border leaves several dead
Switzerland crash
A tourist plane crash in western Switzerland on Saturday left several dead, reports said.
Regional police confirmed that a plane had crashed near Franco-Swiss border atPonts-De-Martel in the Swiss canton of Neuchatel, about 150 km west of Zurich.
The plane crash reportedly happened around 10:20 am (0820 GMT) in a steep and forested area in the Neuchatel Mountains.
Police said they would hold off on providing information on the plane that crashed, how many people who had been onboard and how many who may have perished or been injured until their families had been informed of the accident.
Rescue services and police are at the scene of the wreckage, and authorities have opened an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash, the RTN broadcaster reported.
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