1968 plane wreckage found on Swiss glacier


The wreckage from a plane that crashed in the Swiss Alps in June 30, 1968 has been found on the Aletsch glacier, the longest glacier in Europe. – EPA pic, August 6, 2022.

WRECKAGE from a plane that crashed in the Swiss Alps in 1968 has been discovered on a glacier more than 54 years on, police said Friday.

The pieces emerged on the Aletsch glacier in the southwestern Wallis canton, near the Jungfrau and Monch mountain peaks.


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