Preparations are being made by Belgian authorities to fly the bodies of 22 children and six adults home who were killed in a coach crash in Switzerland on Tuesday, Two C-130 Hercules military planes are on standby.
The coach struck a wall head-on in a tunnel on Tuesday, there were 52 peopleon board. Many victims relatives are still unsure about the fate of their children after they were flown to Switzerland. Some children were critically injured in the late night accident near Sierre, Valais in southern Belgium.
A Christian group hired three buses that carried the 12 year old children, the other two buses reached Belgium safely.
The children were from the Stekske primary school in Lommel and from St Lambertus in Heverlee. Most of the victims are Belgian, seven Dutch children died,and three Dutch, one Pole and one German were injured.
None of the parents know what happened exactly and if their child has been affected.
Olivier Elsig, a Swiss prosecutor, said the bus was nearly new and there was no indication that the bus was speeding. Technical failure, human error or the driver suffered a health problem are being considered as possible causes.
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