Emergency helicopter forced to make emergency landing

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An emergency helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing whilst out on a call out after one of the rotor blades struck a stone. The Christopherus 8 helicopter made the emergency landing in Montafon, Vorarlberg. Head of the ÖAMTC Helicopter fleet claimed a gust of wind was responsible for the occurrence but investigations are […]

Kite surfer hurled against caravan

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A kite surfer suffered serious injuries as a wind gust threw him against a caravan today (Weds).The 44-year-old man from Vienna was transported to the city’s Meidling Emergency Clinic after the dramatic accident at Lake Neusiedl in the eastern province of Burgenland.Local officials said the man sustained broken ribs and possibly spinal injuries as he […]

Carinthian boy buried by ping-pong table

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A two-year-old boy suffered serious head injuries and a broken lower leg when a table-tennis table landed on him in Carinthia yesterday (Tues).The child was running around his 58-year-old grandfather’s estate in St. Gertraud in the province’s Lavant Valley when a freak gust of wind blew the ping-pong table on top of him as he […]