US EditionAirplane Very Nearly Collides With Backcountry Skiers
- A Piper PA-18 Super Cub plane nearly collided with backcountry skiers on Monte Rosa, Switzerland, on April 26, 2025.
- The pilot attempted a snow landing near the group ascending Colle Sesia during the Trofeo Mezzalama race.
- The aircraft briefly landed, executed a high-speed turn, and took off again through the skiers' line.
- Reports indicate the plane passed within meters of the ascending alpinists during the maneuver.
- State and aviation authorities have been contacted and investigate the dangerous high alpine stunt.
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Monte Rosa, plane lands a few meters from the ski mountaineers and then starts again. “What an imprudence, the tragedy has been risked.”
Luca Calzone, author of a video posted on Facebook: “I hope that the Swiss authority responsible for the flight can intervene.” It is a Piper Pa18 and is part of a fleet of a Swiss aeroclub
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Cub Cuts Line Of Ski Racers
Participants in a ski race in the Italian Alps are calling for action against the pilot of a Swiss-registered Super Cub on skis who cut through the racers during a takeoff on Saturday. The skiers were taking part in the Mezzdalama Trophy, a prestigious skimo back country skiing race, on Monte Rosa. Although the plane went through a sizeable gap in the line of skiers, they were still appalled at what they considered to be a reckless act. “I hope…
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