ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 76129
Last updated: 19 June 2013
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| Date: | 07-AUG-2010 |
| Time: | <13:00 LT |
| Type: | Schempp-Hirth Discus CS |
| Operator: | Segelfluggruppe Winterthur |
| Registration: | HB-3162 |
| C/n / msn: | 185CS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Other fatalities: | 1 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Near Galmihornhütte at an altitude of app. 2100m, Goms, Oberwallis -
 Switzerland
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Münster - LSPU |
| Münster - LSPU |
Mid-air collision of a Discus CS glider with a hang-glider. The pilot of the glider and the pilot of the hang-glider were killed.
Sources:
http://www.suedostschweiz.ch/newsticker/index.cfm?id=47728
http://www.blick.ch/news/schweiz/westschweiz/segelflugzeug-stoesst-mit-gleitschirm-zusammen-152755
http://www.tagesschau.sf.tv/Nachrichten/Archiv/2010/08/07/Schweiz/Zwei-Tote-Segelflugzeug-kollidiert-mit-Gleitschirm-im-Wallis
http://www.bfu.admin.ch/common/pdf/HB-3162.pdf
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Aug-2010 14:10 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Added |
| 07-Aug-2010 16:07 | RobertMB | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Source, Narrative] |
| 08-Aug-2010 02:21 | FLYINGBROTHER1 | Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 11-Aug-2010 15:10 | harro | Updated [Source] |
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