A group of hikers were rescued unharmed after getting lost in the Vorarlberg Alps yesterday evening (Thurs).The five Germans called mountain rescuers after getting lost near Zürs am Arlberg when it got dark around 6pm. The group, who started their walk around midday, were soon discovered and transported to the valley with a helicopter.The men […]
Five Hungarian hikers were rescued from freezing to death on a mountain in Lower Austria on Monday night.The group of friends called local rescue authorities around 9pm after getting lost on the Rax mountain range at dusk.The hikers were eventually discovered and salvaged by a group of rescuers after 0.30am. They were discharged from a […]
A 36-year-old man was injured yesterday (Sun) afternoon when his paraglide crashed into a meadow shortly after he had taken off in Kürnberg in Lower Austrias Amstetten district.Police said the man, from Upper Austrias Steyr district, had failed to make use of the wind after a tension line in the left wing of his paraglider […]