Helicopter knocks out cable car, killing nine.

On 10 Sep 2005 16:44:01 -0700, Flyingmonk wrote:

Juergen Huffel, a tourist at the scene, said: "Yellow rescue
helicopters swarmed in. There were loads of medical personnel on the
ground within minutes.

most of the rescue helicopters (EC 135) in Austria are yellow, they are
part of the fleet of our automobile club, similar to what is the AAA in the
USA.
pictures of the helicopter:
gallery 1 http://www.oeamtc.at/netautor/pages/resshp/anwendg/1103367.html
gallery 2 http://www.oeamtc.at/netautor/pages/resshp/anwendg/1107476.html


some picture of the accident:
http://www.tirol.com/chronik/oberland/18860/showPhotoSerie.do?fotoIndex=0

general pictures of the village and the area, provided by the tourism
board:
http://ext.soelden.com/best_of/index.htm

the accident happened on Monday, Sep 5th
9 are reported dead, thereof 6 children: 4 girls and 2 boys age 11 to 13.

martin

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