Air accident –
The small plane sunk in Lake Quatre Cantons was located
The device, which had flowed after an emergency landing on the lake on July 28, was found a hundred meters deep.
The firefighters of the canton of Lucerne install an anti-pollution dam after a small plane plunged into the Lac des Quatre-Cantons, Monday, July 28, 2025.
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The Small passenger plane Who sank at the end of July after landing on the Lake Quatre-Cantons was located a hundred meters deep. It is still unknown when and how it can be recovered.
The aircraft was located on Monday as part of a vast research operation, in which the Zurich cantonal police also participated, the Lucernoise police informed on Tuesday. The aircraft had flowed on July 28.
The plane had just taken off from Buchs (NW) aerodrome in the direction of Stansstad (NW). He then began to fly over Lac de Quatre Cantons, but had to be urgently banging off HERTENSTEIN (LU), north of Bürgenstock. The pilot came out unscathed while the passenger was injured.
The place of the accident is located in the Kreuztrichter area, where the different arms of Lake Quatre Cantons meet. The depth of the lake exceeds 100 meters.
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