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17.10.2011, 12:00
| | Private plane crash- 2 British men die NE
Just heard sad news that a small private Piper plane which had taken off at Colombier (Neuchatel airport) crashed just a few miles away in Grandson near Yverdon on Friday. Both British men died- one 40 years old lived in Neuchatel, the other, 29 who was piloting the plane it seems, in the UK.
Does anybody here know who this Neuchatel inhabitant was, no details given in the local paper today. Sad news. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...ane-crash.html http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-15320889 | 
17.10.2011, 12:01
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17.10.2011, 12:19
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Nope- my post was edited and moved, and links attached by a Moderator.
As I read the local papers and realise that many ex-pats do not, I put some of the events or news here for info in case it might be of interest to a few.
What does VVVVVVVVVVVVVV mean btw?
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17.10.2011, 12:40
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| | Re: Private plane crash- 2 British men die NE | Quote: |  | | | Nope- my post was edited and moved, and links attached by a Moderator.
As I read the local papers and realise that many ex-pats do not, I put some of the events or news here for info in case it might be of interest to a few.
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it means look below vvvvv or look up ^^^^
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17.10.2011, 21:42
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whatever, here some precise details Date:14-OCT-2011 Time:11:05 LT Type: Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser Operator:Fly Blackpool Registration: G-BBEF C/n / msn: 28-7325527 Fatalities:Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 Other fatalities:0 Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location:Near Petit Beauregard, north of Fontaines-sur-Grandson, VD - Switzerland Phase: En route Nature:Private Departure airport:Neuchatel Airport - LSGN Destination airport:Amiens-Glisy Airport - LFAY Narrative:
A Piper PA-28-140 Cherokee Cruiser lost radio contact about 30 minutes after take off on a flight from Neuchatel Airport (LSGN), Colombier, Switzerland, to Amiens-Glicy Airport (LFAY), France. The aircraft went missing till it was found at 16:30 LT in wooded area near Petit Beauregard, north of Fontaines-sur-Grandson, VD.
Both occupants (a 29year old english man and a 40year old swiss) were killed.
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17.10.2011, 22:15
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As we are an ex-pat community with many Brits, I did wonder if the man from Neuchatel was known to us on EF.
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17.10.2011, 22:29
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| | Re: Private plane crash- 2 British men die NE | Quote: |  | | | As we are an ex-pat community with many Brits, I did wonder if the man from Neuchatel was known to us on EF. | | | | | That he was a CH citizen does mean anything really. And so, he may well have been known to us on EF | 
18.10.2011, 21:46
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In another crash overseas ( Botswana ), 3 of the 8 dead were Swiss. http://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/swiss_ne...l?cid=31378232 | Quote: |  | | | The Swiss foreign ministry has confirmed that three Swiss were among the at least eight people killed in a tourist plane accident in Botswana.
The aircraft, carrying foreign tourists, failed to take off and caught fire in the Okavango Delta region of northern Botswana. Four other people from Britain and France, as well as the British pilot, are reported dead. | | | | | http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news...ectid=10760128 | Quote: |  | | | In a misunderstanding over accents, Nkwe was understood to have said three Swedes had been killed, but he clarified Tuesday that the three were from Switzerland. | | | | | | 
18.10.2011, 21:51
| | Re: Private plane crash- 2 British men die NE | Quote: | |  | | | That he was a CH citizen does mean anything really. And so, he may well have been known to us on EF  | | | | | Today's paper explained that they were in fact Iraqui kurds, one living in CH, one in the UK.
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19.10.2011, 18:45
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| | Re: Private plane crash- 2 British men die NE | Quote: |  | | | Today's paper explained that they were in fact Iraqui kurds, one living in CH, one in the UK. | | | | | Iraqi Kurds ? Tragic to realize that was possibly either a re-union of friends or of relatives hand to end this way |
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