Italian news media reported that the mountain was covered with cloud and that there was heavy rain in the area, while Swiss investigators claimed that visibility was good during the accident with light showers occurring at the airport.
Os medios italianos informaron de que a montaña estaba cuberta de nubes e que había chuva forte na zona, mentres que os investigadores suízos afirmaron que a visibilidade era boa no momento do accidente, con chuvas lixeiras no aeroporto.