Switzerland bans commercial Ju-52 flights after deadly crash

General view shows the accident site of a Junkers Ju-52 airplane of the local airline JU-AIR in 2,450 meters (8,038 feet) above sea level near the mountain resort of Flims, Switzerland August 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann

ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is withdrawing a tourist airline's commercial licence to carry paying passengers in its vintage planes after a crash in the Swiss Alps last year killed 20 people, the country's government said on Tuesday.

Seventeen Swiss and three Austrians were aboard a trimotor Junker JU-52 aircraft, built in the 1930s as a military aircraft and later used by a Swiss tour operator for scenic flights, when it crashed on Aug. 5.