Search goes on for Swiss plane crash survivors

Rescuers are continuing to search for 14 people who are missing after a plane crashed near Zurich Airport.

Rescuers are continuing to search for 14 people who are missing after a plane crashed near Zurich Airport.

At least 10 people have died but nine others walked away from the wreckage.

Officials say the Swiss airliner with 33 people on board crashed while approaching the airport to land.

Rescue workers have toiled through the night in a wooded area near the airport in their search for survivors.

"We have seen additional bodies but have not yet recovered them," Zurich police chief Peter Gruetter said.

He refused to speculate about the final number of dead. The cause of the crash of Flight LX3597 from Berlin was not immediately known.

But two experts quoted on state-run Swiss television said the Crossair Jumbolino plane appeared to be flying too low.

Weather conditions were also poor, with rain and some snow, when the Jumbolino Avro RJ-100 went down just after 10pm.

Crossair chief Andre Dose said there were no indications that terrorism was to blame.

Airport officials said communication between the pilot - a veteran with more than 10 years' flying experience - had been normal. Eye witnesses reported nothing unusual.

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