Glider pilots die

Rega rescue - file image

Two glider pilots have died after they crashed in canton Valais on Friday.

Police say they were both Swiss men aged 72 and 46. 

They had taken off in canton Aargau. Rescue services were called after a witness spotted the aircraft hit the ground near Niedergesteln. A helicopter paramedic team declared the pair dead at the scene.

The accident is now being investigated.

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