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Free Malaysia Today
25-05-2025
- Free Malaysia Today
5 skiers found dead on Swiss mountain near Zermatt
Zermatt is one of Switzerland's premier Alpine resorts. (EPA Images pic) ZERMATT : Five skiers have been found dead on a Swiss mountain close to the luxury ski resort of Zermatt, after emergency services were alerted to some abandoned skis at 4,000m, the prosecutors' office in Canton Valais said today. Skiers notified the authorities yesterday afternoon about the skis found on the slopes of the Rimpfischhorn mountain, east of Zermatt and south of the village of Saas Fee. Rescue workers found the bodies near the Adlergletscher glacier after air and ground searches in the area in southwest Switzerland near the border with Italy, the prosecutor's office said. Local airline Air Zermatt said that three of the bodies were found on the debris of an avalanche a few hundred metres below where the skis were spotted. The other two were discovered higher up the 4,199m-high mountain, it added. ADVERTISEMENT VIDCRUNCH Next Stay Playback speed 1x Normal Quality Auto Back 360p 240p 144p Auto Back 0.25x 0.5x 1x Normal 1.5x 2x / Skip Ads by The airline's aircraft are deployed for search missions and other emergencies. The identities of the five have not been established yet, and an investigation has been launched into what caused the accident, Valais prosecutors said in a statement. Zermatt is one of Switzerland's premier Alpine resorts, visited by affluent British and other European skiers.
Asharq Al-Awsat
25-05-2025
- Asharq Al-Awsat
Five Skiers Found Dead in Southwest Switzerland
Five skiers were found dead near Switzerland's Rimpfischhorn mountain on Sunday, after emergency services were alerted a day earlier to some abandoned skis at an altitude of about 4,000m, the prosecutors' office in Canton Valais said in a statement. Rescue workers found the bodies near the Adlergletscher glacier, after air and ground searches in the area in southwest Switzerland near the border with northern Italy, Reuters reported. The identities of the five have not been confirmed yet, and further investigations have been launched, the prosecutors said.
Irish Times
25-05-2025
- Irish Times
Five skiers found dead on mountain near luxury resort in Switzerland
Five skiers have been found dead on a Swiss mountain near the luxury ski resort of Zermatt, after emergency services were alerted to some abandoned skis at 4,000m (13,000ft), the prosecutor's office in Canton Valais said on Sunday. Skiers notified the authorities on Saturday afternoon about the skis found on the slopes of the Rimpfischhorn mountain, east of Zermatt and south of the village of Saas Fee. Rescue workers found the bodies near the Adlergletscher glacier after air and ground searches in the area in southwest Switzerland near the border with Italy, the prosecutor's office said. Local airline Air Zermatt said that three of the bodies were found on the debris of an avalanche a few hundred metres below where the skis were spotted. The other two were discovered higher up the 4,199m-high mountain, it added. READ MORE The airline's aircraft are deployed for search missions and other emergencies. The identities of the five have not been established yet, and an investigation has been launched into what caused the accident, Valais prosecutors said in a statement. Zermatt is one of Switzerland's premier Alpine resorts, visited by affluent European skiers. – Reuters
Times of Oman
25-05-2025
- Climate
- Times of Oman
Switzerland: Five skiers found dead near Zermatt
Zermatt: Five skiers were found dead near Switzerland's Rimpfischhorn mountain on Sunday, the prosecutors' office in Canton Valais said in a statement. The prosecutors said that the identities of the five have not yet been confirmed and that further investigations have been opened. As part of the probe, weather conditions and avalanche activity in the region are being examined. Emergency services had been alerted a day earlier to some abandoned skis at an altitude of about 4,000 metres. A helicopter was sent to survey the area in the mountains near Zermatt, a luxury resort in southwestern Switzerland. After conducting air and ground searches of the area, rescue workers found the bodies near the Adlergletscher glacier, close to the border with northern Italy. "The bodies of five people were quickly found," Swiss police said in a statement. Air Zermatt reported that three bodies were found on an avalanche cone, and two more were discovered nearby on a snowfield. The Rimpfischhorn, a 4,199-metre (13,776-foot) mountain that lies east of Zermatt, near the Italian border, is popular with backcountry skiers. Last year, five cross-country skiers found dead near Zermatt.
Reuters
25-05-2025
- Reuters
Five skiers found dead in southwest Switzerland
FRANKFURT, May 25 (Reuters) - Five skiers were found dead near Switzerland's Rimpfischhorn mountain on Sunday, after emergency services were alerted a day earlier to some abandoned skis at an altitude of about 4,000m, the prosecutors' office in Canton Valais said in a statement. Rescue workers found the bodies near the Adlergletscher glacier, after air and ground searches in the area in southwest Switzerland near the border with northern Italy. The identities of the five have not been confirmed yet, and further investigations have been launched, the prosecutors said.
