Category: Swiss News

Video: Air crash in Hochwald kills 108 people 50 years ago

April 10, 2023

Video: Air crash in Hochwald kills 108 people 50 years agoThe plane crash in Hochwald in the canton of Solothurn is still the largest aviation accident on Swiss soil. Hansruedi Vögtli was fire chief in Hochwald 50 years ago.
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“This cannot be put into words”.

April 10, 2023

Publiziert 10. April 2023, 19:29 Read the online story click here Monday marked the 50th anniversary of the Hochwald air disaster. Relatives of the 108 British victims also attended the memorial service. Also Hansruedi Vögtli (89), who was the first to arrive at the accident site. Easter Monday, mild temperature, blue sky. But dark memories…
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Ceremony marks 50th anniversary of worst air crash in Switzerland

April 10, 2023

www.swissinfo.ch report 10th April 2023 A ceremony was held on Monday morning in memory of the victims of the crash of a British plane in Hochwald, canton Solothurn, 50 years ago. The accident killed 108 people and remains the worst on Swiss soil. The British Ambassador to Switzerland James Squire and the Director of Euroairport…
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Hochwald commemorates 108 fatalities

April 10, 2023

New report in Swiss News Website www.bazonline.ch – Translated from German 10th April 2023 At a memorial service on Monday morning, authorities, rescuers and relatives remembered the victims of the crash of a British plane 50 years ago. The accident, which claimed 108 lives, is considered the worst air crash on Swiss soil. Among the…
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Die Katastrophe von Hochwald

April 24, 1973

This report was in a Swiss magazine has been first scanned and then translated from German so there are errors. But reading this account, including the mistakes, you get a different perspective to the British press stories.. The blind landing approach ended with death, tears and mourning. The unlucky plane “Invicta” Vanguard G-AXOP, which crashed…
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