A tourist plane crashed in a wooded, mountainous area of western Switzerland on Saturday, killing the three people onboard, police said. The small tourist plane crashed in a steep and forested area near Ponts-De-Martel in the Swiss canton of Neuchâtel at about 10.20am (0820 GMT), regional police said. “The pilot and the two passengers died on site,” the Neuchâtel police said in a statement, without providing further details about the victims. The plane was registered in Switzerland and had taken off from the nearby Chaux-de-Fonds airport for a sightseeing flight. The cause of the crash remains unclear, the statement said, adding that authorities had launched an investigation to determine the circumstances.

Source: The Guardian May 21, 2023 12:42 UTC