Sun, April 29, 2012
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Six dead in Swiss plane crash: police

2012-04-29 15:07:38 GMT2012-04-29 23:07:38(Beijing Time)  Xinhua English

GENEVA, April 29 (Xinhua) -- Two women and four men were killed in a small plane crash in western Switzerland Saturday afternoon, Fribourg police said Sunday.

The single-engine aircraft plunged into a field around 3:00 p.m. local time (1300 GMT) on Saturday in the village of Tatroz, near Fribourg. There were no survivors, police said.

Two of the victims were found ejected from the device while the other four remained in the cockpit, police said. The pilot was domiciled in the canton of Vaud.

The cause of the fatal accident was yet to be figured out, according to the police.

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