Climbers land plane near summit of Mont Blanc with police in pursuit
by Agence France-Presse in Annecy from Environment | The Guardian on (#4HESN)
Pair attempt to reach top of 4,450m mountain but are intercepted by police and told to turn back
Two Swiss mountaineers have landed a small plane less than 400 metres from the summit of Mont Blanc before heading for the top of Europe's tallest peak with police in pursuit.
The pair landed the aircraft 4,450 metres (14,600ft) up the mountain in the French Alps on Tuesday in an incident described as an unprecedented "provocation" by Eric Fournier, the mayor of the nearby Chamonix resort.
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