Minute's silence for Belgian dead

5:34 pm, Fri 16 Mar 2012

DVD theory dismissed by bus crash investigators

Prosecutor Olivier Elsig cast doubt on reports that the driver had been busy loading a DVD player just before the crash.

He said: "A dozen interviews with surviving children have been carried out, without any information provided pointing to a cause or causes of the accident.

"Regarding the theory of inattention due to a DVD being inserted, none of the those heard saw the driver doing anything like this."

Investigators have established that no other vehicle was involved, that the bus was not speeding, that the driver had not drunk alcohol, and he had not had a heart attack.

4:26 pm, Fri 16 Mar 2012

Swiss prosecutor-general: 'neither speed or excess alcohol in driver were the cause of fatal accident'

Sky News reports that Switzerland's prosecutor-general, Olivier Elsig, has said that neither the speed of coach or excess alcohol in driver were the cause of the fatal accident in the Alps.

Minute's silence for bus crash victims

One minute of silence in remembrance of bus crash victims

A nation grieves for the 28 victims of the coach crash in Switzerland as a military aircraft has carried the bodies home.

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1:41 pm, Fri 16 Mar 2012

White balloons to remember the dead

Pupils and parents have released dozens of white balloons from St Lambertus school in Heverlee where some of the children came from.

1:32 pm, Fri 16 Mar 2012

Victims flown back to Belgium

Belgian military aircraft have flown home the bodies of 22 children and six adults killed in the Swiss bus crash. Hercules transport aircraft carrying white coffins arrived in Melsbroek airport.