On the occasion of the commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the death of Swiss aviation pioneer Oskar Bider, the air force was scheduled to fly over Langenbruck but instead they flew over Mümliswil.
According to a spokesperson ''unfortunate circumstances’’ were the cause of the embarrassing incident. During the approach, the team leader spotted another large festival area over Mümliswil, where a yodel festival was taking place. A large tent prompted him to fly over the wrong village.
Unfortunately, the jets were not equipped with GPS or any other technology that would have avoided the incident by guiding the pilots to the right target.
