Investigators have found the black box, which is intact, from the Air India Express flight that crashed when it overshot the runway, went over a cliff and burst into flames near Mangalore Saturday 22 May. The crash killed 158 people; eight people are being treated in hospital. Those who died were reportedly burned in the fire. The airport is on a kind of tabletop, with a deep ravine next to it.
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Myles Robinson and his father Michael
Update 2 Bern / Wengen, canton Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – A body found by a private group searching for 23-year-old British tourist Myles Robinson has been confirmed as that of the missing man, Bern cantonal police announced late Tuesday 29 December. He was found at the foot of the “Mönchsblick” viewing point, between Wengen and Lauterbrunnen. He appears to have fallen from a cliff near an area called “Steinhalten” which is not easily reached.
Police say that the autopsy did not provide any information about the possible involvement of a third party, but investigations are continuing under the direction of a judge, to determine what happened in the period before Robinson died. The judge decides what further action, if any, will be taken.
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Update 2, 21:10 Saas-Fee and Bourg-St-Pierre, Valais, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Four people have died in Valais in climbing accidents over the weekend of 11-12 July. A 47-year-old Italian climber fell more than 300 metres to his death from a cliff at about 3,300 metres altitude shortly after leaving the Mischabels hut near Saas-Fee early Sunday afternoon 12 July. He was part of a group of four Italian climbers.
