Interlaken - A Swiss court convicted six people of manslaughter yesterday for organising a white-water trip in which 18 tourists and three of their guides were killed.
The prosecution said three managers and five guides at extreme sports company Adventure World were culpably negligent for pressing ahead with a canyoning trip down a narrow gorge near the Swiss Alpine resort of Interlaken after a thunderstorm broke out.
The three board members got five months suspended sentences, and fines of 7,500 Swiss francs each.
Three senior guides got shorter suspended sentences, and smaller fines, while two junior guides were acquitted.
