Coincidence has always been a guarantee for larger and smaller discoveries, as it did in this case.
The mountain guide Dominik Nellen was with a group on the way from the Jungfraujoch to the Konkordiahütte in the Swiss Fieschertal, but this time decided on a different route.
And so he and his troupe saw what they took to be two rucksacks on the Aletsch Glacier, which turned out to be an airplane wreck.
"We found a glasses case, a wet hat and also individual parts of the plane such as the seat and the wing," Nellen reported to the Swiss "Blick".
According to the hut warden of the Konkordiahütte, Stefan Gafner, the parts are scattered within a radius of about 200 meters.
According to initial investigations by the Valais canton police, the plane is a Piper Cherokee that crashed in the Swiss Alps more than 50 years ago.
As reported by the Swiss media, three occupants died in the crash in June 1968: a teacher, a doctor and his son.
Accordingly, the bodies could be recovered at the time, but the removal of the wreck was technically not possible.
According to hut warden Gafner, the wreck was known to be under ice and snow.
The ongoing melting of the Aletsch Glacier has now brought the remains to light.
According to the police, the recovery of the plane is now being planned.
Because of climate change, more and more wrecks or aircraft parts could be found, it said.
Hikers should not touch new finds and report them to the police.