A helicopter crashed in the Fusshörner region on the Oberaletsch Glacier in Valais, Switzerland on Saturday afternoon.

Axar.az informs according to the "Walliser Boten" newspaper, at least one person was fatally injured.

An eyewitness who was on a hike with his wife on the opposite Sparrhorn mountain at the time of the crash told Blick: "I thought the helicopter was about to land, but then it crashed two seconds before I could film." The man goes on to say that a "huge cloud of smoke" rose up. The helicopter then flipped onto its back.

The emergency services are on the scene, a police spokesman said.