Airplane passengers rescued alive after emergency landing in Lake Lucerne
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Airplane passengers rescued alive after emergency landing in Lake Lucerne
The two occupants of the airplane that disappeared in Lake Lucerne on Monday are alive. This was announced by the Lucerne police this afternoon. They assume that the pilot wanted to make an emergency landing on the lake.
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The pilot, a 78-year-old Austrian, was uninjured, while another passenger, a 55-year-old Swiss woman, was transported to hospital with injuries, according to the press release. The search for the small aircraft was still ongoing in the afternoon.
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