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Quick-thinking Edward Courage from the Courage Brewing family pushed fellow skiers Teddy and Guy Hitchens from the helicopter as it was hit by an avalanche on Petit Combin, killing three
The helicopter with four extreme skiers aboard reached 11,644ft peak of Petit Combin at 9.25am and tragedy unfolded shortly after when the chopper crashed into the side of the Petit Combin.
An Irish man is among three people who died after the helicopter they were travelling in crashed during a heli-ski trip in the Swiss Alps.
Guy Hutchings, 23, was in the cabin along with brother Ted, 18, and another Brit Edward Courage, of the Courage brewing family, when disaster struck.
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A British skier pushed two brothers out of a helicopter to safety as it slid off a mountain in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. Three others were killed in the crash.