Three people are believed to have died after a plane that originated from Denmark crashed in Switzerland on Monday evening, police from the eastern Swiss canton of Graubuenden said Tuesday.
Authorities have yet to formally identify the victims but confirmed that all those on board were killed. The aircraft crashed in a populated area on the northern outskirts of La Punt Chamues-ch and was completely destroyed by fire, police said.
The Extra EA-400 propeller plane took off from Samedan airfield at 5:20 p.m. local time. It had arrived from Denmark on March 13 and was returning to Roskilde, near Copenhagen.
The plane went down just two minutes after takeoff, burning out upon impact on the edge of La Punt Chamues-ch. There was no immediate information on what caused the crash, police said.
Reuters
