“Help! I’ve broken my hip in Paris!”

Back in 1960 the Swiss Air Rescue Service (Rega) began repatriating Swiss citizens who were injured or fell ill while abroad. Today the organisation has its own jets and carries out several hundred repatriation flights every year. (SF/swissinfo.ch/Rega)

This content was published on May 4, 2012 - 11:00

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Two people in silhouette look at mobile phones while a contrail of an aircraft is seen in the sky in the evening twilight, at Zurich Kloten Airport, pictured in Ruemlang, Switzerland, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (KEYSTONE/Michael Buholzer)

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“Help! I’ve broken my hip in Paris!”

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