THE CRASHED PLANE
An aeroplane has been forced to land in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis. Children are now called upon to find out what actually happened.
Visitors to the holiday region of Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis have discovered the wreck of a plane which has been forced to come down in a clearing near the Komperdell in Serfaus at about 2,000 metres (6,560 feet) above sea level. Objects ejected from the aircraft have been found during searches of the crash site. And the indications are that the pilot may have baled out to safety.
The idea is to send out teams of child investigators to find out the precise circumstances of the crash and the pilot’s identity. Plenty of excited phone calls about the aircraft wreck have already been made to the tourist offices in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis. Visitors, however, have only been cryptically told that the explanation behind the wreck is harmless – though adventurous.
Kitted out with an “adventure” rucksack filled with useful equipment such as a compass, binoculars and other tools as well as a newspaper with eyewitness reports, children set out on their way from the village of Serfaus to the wreck. The closer they get to the site, the more objects they discover which have been thrown out of the plane. Gradually, as the facts behind the crash begin to emerge, the story of what actually happened comes together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
But it’s only on their return to the tourist office or cable car ticket office that the children find out the whole of the story and learn whether the pilot was a man or a woman, and where he or she has finally ended up.
Suitable for buggies.
Visitors to the holiday region of Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis have discovered the wreck of a plane which has been forced to come down in a clearing near the Komperdell in Serfaus at about 2,000 metres (6,560 feet) above sea level. Objects ejected from the aircraft have been found during searches of the crash site. And the indications are that the pilot may have baled out to safety.
The idea is to send out teams of child investigators to find out the precise circumstances of the crash and the pilot’s identity. Plenty of excited phone calls about the aircraft wreck have already been made to the tourist offices in Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis. Visitors, however, have only been cryptically told that the explanation behind the wreck is harmless – though adventurous.
Kitted out with an “adventure” rucksack filled with useful equipment such as a compass, binoculars and other tools as well as a newspaper with eyewitness reports, children set out on their way from the village of Serfaus to the wreck. The closer they get to the site, the more objects they discover which have been thrown out of the plane. Gradually, as the facts behind the crash begin to emerge, the story of what actually happened comes together like the pieces of a jigsaw puzzle.
But it’s only on their return to the tourist office or cable car ticket office that the children find out the whole of the story and learn whether the pilot was a man or a woman, and where he or she has finally ended up.
Suitable for buggies.
