A four-year-old child is in a serious condition in hospital after being attacked by his grandmother’s Rottweiler dog. The attack happened in Ferlach, Carinthia. The child was visiting his 66-year-old grandmother together with his six-year-old sister. The attack happened when the grandmother left the house briefly to let her two Rottweilers out of their kennel […]
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 […]
An emergency helicopter operated by the OAMTC has been hit by a 9mm gun shot in Vienna, Austria. A replacement machine had to be brought into operation after one of the rotors was shot through on the helicopter Christophorus 9. Ralph Schüller, from the OAMTC said: “A 9mm shot went right through one of the […]
These two winter sports enthusiasts are lucky to be alive after surviving four nights in a mountain hut at 2,457 metres after getting stuck near Maria Alm in the Pinzgau region of Austria. Mining students Tom Starke and Tim Lutz both aged 20 from Freiberg, Germany, had started out on a snow shoe trek on […]
A helicopter pilot could face manslaughter charges after heavy cloud meant he failed to realise how high they were when he released a rope – and dropped a mountain rescue expert to his death. Alpine policeman Franz Franzeskon, 52, and two colleagues were being lowered on a harness in a bid to rescue a 40-year-old […]
A police helicopter rescued two climbers after they were kept from returning to the valley by a thunderstorm. Officials in Tyrol said today (Tues) the German men, aged 27 and 29, were exhausted but unharmed. The incident occurred in the western province’s Wilder Kaiser mountain range on Saturday afternoon.
A pensioner has died in a freak accident in his garden. Josef W. wanted to drain his duck pond. He climbed into a narrow shaft to pull out the plug – and got stuck head over heels. The man’s screams for help were heard by his wife who called the police for help. The elderly […]
A Romanian holidaymaker was killed after leaping over a ski-jump yesterday (Mon).The 35-year-old woman was skiing down a piste in Kirchberg in Tyrols Kitzbühel district. She reportedly crashed against a snowboarding half-pipe after skiing over the jump set up for skiers.The tourist was already dead when a team of paramedics arrived via helicopter some minutes […]
A 55-year-old hiker is recovering in an Upper Austrian clinic after she suffered a cramp and passed out yesterday (Tues).The woman from Attersee was hiking across the Sonnstein Mountain near Traunkirchen in Upper Austrias Gmunden district when she suddenly suffered a cramp in her leg. Her pals said she collapsed and fell unconscious within minutes.An […]
A Czech skier was seriously injured yesterday (Sun) when he fell 100 metres while touring on the Krippenstein mountain in Upper Austria, police said.The man strayed into an area marked by signs warning it was impassable and dangerous but nonetheless kept going until he fell. A companion sounded the alarm.Rescuers took the man by helicopter […]