Rescue work after the plane crash near Kasberg in Grünau was completed on Monday afternoon, as confirmed by the Upper Austrian State Police Command. Experts from Vienna now have the task of clarifying why the accident that killed four people occurred. The Czech Republic mourns alleged pilot Herman K.
“We are looking for a needle in a pile of snow,” said Martin Trautwein of the Grünau mountain rescue service before he started looking for the wreckage on the Kasberg. Nine mountain rescuers and as many firefighters were busy on Monday collecting the parts of the plane that crashed on Saturday, spread over an area of about 600 square meters, and taking them to the two collection points on the mountain. From there, the wreckage was flown into the valley by helicopter and loaded onto a truck. He should take her to the Federal Security Research Center in Vienna for further investigation.
Difficulty searching for parts
Searching in the waist-deep snow was difficult, partly because the wreckage was so scattered. “The first parts are in the Sepp Huber Hut area. After the hut we descend steeply 100 meters into the ice pit, where we found most of the fuselage with wing,” says the mountain rescuer. Nevertheless, the rescue operation was completed late Monday afternoon, in time for the start of the ski season on December 8.
It is still unclear why the plane, coming from the Czech Republic, first followed a ‘zigzag course’ in heavy snow on Saturday afternoon and then crashed at 1,500 meters above sea level. It is clear that the plane was piloted by Herman K. from the Czech Republic.
Mourning suspected pilot
The hobby pilot looked for fellow travelers on Facebook for a short trip to Croatia – a man and two women (all from the Czech Republic) died on the plane with him. On the suspected pilot’s Facebook page there are numerous comments: “Herman, I am so sorry” or “My condolences to the relatives.” But there are also critical voices, such as “Unprofessional behavior by an aspiring adventurer”.
The crashed single-engine Rockwell Commander, built in 1977, was for sale online for 139,000 euros; the pilot was apparently planning to switch to another model: ‘I’m going for a multi-engine with a larger capacity, otherwise I would never sell it’ the bird!”
Source: Krone
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