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Five die in two aircraft crashes in Switzerland

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A glider and a small plane crashed in high mountains in eastern Switzerland on Saturday causing five deaths, local police said Monday. The accidents occurred above Bivio in the eastern Swiss canton of Graubunden, where two pilots and three passengers died in the crashes. It is unclear if the accidents are linked. The glider took off on Saturday from Amlikon in canton Thurgau north of Graubunden with a single pilot on board.