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One of the Brits, named as Edward Courage, is believed to have saved the lives of brothers Teddy and Guy Hitchens in the crash, which killed three others.
Edward Courage, Teddy and Guy Hitchens were the three British skiers who survived an avalanche and monstrous helicopter crash in Verbier in the Swiss Alps
The helicopter skidded off its landing zone near the 3,668-metre Petit Combin peak in Valais, south west Switzerland, on Tuesday morning.
The helicopter from Air Glaciers, which had four tourists, a mountain guide and the pilot on board, crashed at a landing site in the Swiss canton of Valais around 9.25am local time.
Tragedy strikes Switzerland again as avalanches claim three more lives.