Due to bad weather conditions, the rescue was postponed for days – on Sunday it was finally successful: the body of a German who died in an accident on the Hohe Munde (about 2,600 meters) in Tyrol was rescued by a police helicopter and taken to the valley.
The body was discovered late Friday afternoon when the crew of the police helicopter Libelle Tirol used a weather window for a new search flight. However, all attempts to retrieve the body from the air failed. And a search party on the ground, which was only about 100 yards from where the body was found, was unable to descend to the body due to the dangerous terrain and risk of falls.
The dead man was finally rescued on Sunday. Due to good flying weather, the dead man was rescued by the police helicopter and eventually flown into the valley.
The man wanted to go to the top, the companion turned away
The German, who had no mountain experience, left the Leutasch late Thursday morning towards the eastern summit (2592 meters) of the Hohe Munde together with a companion of the same age under unfavorable external conditions and bad weather forecasts.
While the companion retreated and turned around around 2 p.m. due to the external conditions (snowfall, fog), the 21-year-old apparently wanted to go to the top.
Fell and slipped
The German probably fell and slipped at an altitude of 2,500 meters above sea level. He contacted his companion, who in turn made an emergency call to Germany. “The Tyrol control center was then informed about the Germans,” a police spokesperson said at the time when asked by “Krone”.
Dangerous mission for mountain rescuers
Due to the weather, a search flight was not possible, so mountain rescuers from Telfs and Leutasch climbed to the suspected accident site in the late afternoon under difficult conditions. Telephone contact with the German was broken. The search had to be interrupted for safety reasons around 9 p.m.
Source: Krone
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