Irish man killed in helicopter crash in Swiss Alps named 

The accident unfolded when the B3-type helicopter crashed at the Petit Combin Mountain landing site during a drop-off.

An Irishman who died in a helicopter crash in the Swiss Alps has been named as James Goff from Co Wicklow.

He was among two others who died on Tuesday when the aircraft they were travelling in lost control at the summit of the Petit Combin Mountain and slid down the northern slope of the mountain.