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Plane Plows Into Mountain; 4 Swiss Businessmen Die

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Associated Press

A single-engine private plane flying in heavy fog crashed into a mountain, killing four Swiss businessmen aboard, police said Friday.

The Piper Aztec plane took off from a private airstrip outside Stuttgart last week and 20 minutes later crashed near the summit of a 2,310-foot mountain. A police statement said the only other occupant of the plane, the 25-year-old pilot, was admitted to a hospital in critical condition.

The businessmen were returning to Switzerland after a meeting in Heubach, east of Stuttgart in southwestern West Germany. The victims were not identified pending notification of families.

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