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Terrible accident shocks Austria. A gondola crashed in the Hochoetz ski area (Tyrol) on Tuesday. There are several seriously injured people. The news in the ticker.
Update from January 12th, 11:16 a.m.: The unlucky gondola is running once more. Three days following the accident, the Acherkogelbahn resumed operations today. The mountain railways say that all safety-related checks have taken place. In addition, further measures were taken along the route. During their investigation, the cable car authorities found that a “chain of several unfavorable circumstances” led to the crash with six injuries
“You don’t know how it happened” Father of the family is in mortal danger following the gondola accident in Tyrol
Update from January 11th, 11:03 a.m: After the cable car accident in Tyrol, the 49-year-old father of the Danish family is still in a critical condition, reports ORF. The seriously injured man is fighting for his life in the Innsbruck clinic following an emergency operation on Tuesday evening. His seriously injured 19-year-old daughter is also being treated there. According to the Austrian police, his son (20) and his brother (46) were in the Zams hospital.
The cause of the gondola crash is initially still unclear. A total of six people were injured. A couple (58 and 62 years old) from Germany were also injured. The investigation is proceeding swiftly.
“We were able to interview the 49-year-old’s 20-year-old son,” the newspaper quotes Krone Hubert Juen, district commander of the police in Imst. However, the 20-year-old is in shock and cannot remember anything at the moment. The 46-year-old uncle was therefore unable to provide any information regarding the cause of the accident. “They don’t know how it happened,” Juen said.
After gondola crash in Tyrol – search for cause of accident continues
Update from January 10th, 1:30 p.m.: One day following a gondola crashed in Oetz, Austria, the search for the cause continues. It is very likely that an expert will be appointed for this, said a police spokesman in Innsbruck on Wednesday. A cabin on the Acherkogelbahn was probably torn from its anchorage by a falling tree on Tuesday and fell regarding ten meters deep into the snow.
Four vacationers from a family from Denmark, aged 19, 20, 46 and 49, were seriously injured. One of them was flown to the clinic in Innsbruck in critical condition. A German couple aged 58 and 62 who were sitting in the gondola in front of the accident cabin were also affected and reported injured. The couple will be questioned by the police on Wednesday regarding what happened, authorities said. The German gondola couple comes from Plötzkau in the Salzlandkreis (Saxony-Anhalt), white IPPEN.MEDIA from police circles.
Gondola falls in Tyrolean ski area: Germans also injured
Update from January 10th, 8:32 a.m: Much is still unclear following the gondola crash on Tuesday morning (January 9th). A family from Denmark was seriously injured: a father with his 19-year-old son, his 17-year-old daughter and the children’s uncle. The two skiers are 49 and 46 years old. The Austrian police said they all fell regarding ten to twelve meters into impassable terrain while riding up the mountain in the 8-seater gondola cabin. One of the seriously injured people is said to be in critical condition.
Two Germans (58 and 62 years old) were injured in another gondola. The two holidaymakers were in the gondola that was going uphill. Nothing is initially known regarding the severity of her injuries.
According to current knowledge, a tree caused the serious accident in the Hochoetz ski area. According to the police, the tree fell on the gondola support cable, causing the 8-person gondola cabin to collapse.
All other people who were traveling in other gondolas with the Acherkogelbahn on Tuesday morning were able to be transported from the cable car to the exit.
Gondola crash in Austria – holiday family from Denmark seriously injured
Update from January 9th, 4:30 p.m: Four people were seriously injured when a gondola crashed in the Tyrolean ski area of Hochoetz – one person is in mortal danger. This is said to be a family from Denmark (see update from 3:06 p.m.).
A gondola on the Acherkogelbahn fell from a height of around seven meters on Tuesday morning (January 9th). According to initial findings, a tree had crashed onto the support cable and caused the crash. It is initially unclear why the tree fell.
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“The gondola fell vertically,” reports Michael Haid from the responsible police district command in Imst Merkur.de von IPPEN.MEDIA. Several helicopters were called in to rescue the injured. “The terrain is steep and impassable,” said a spokesman for Bergbahnen Hochoetz.
The almost three kilometer long Acherkogelbahn transports winter sports enthusiasts from the valley to around 2000 meters above sea level. Given the good weather, the cable car was at full capacity when the accident happened, according to the cable car spokesman.
The authorities initially stopped operating the railway. It was still unclear how the accident might have happened, it was said. “The route is legally free of trees,” the cable car spokesman continued.
Gondola crash in Austria: Four skiers from Denmark were seriously injured in the accident on Tuesday (January 9th). © BMI/AIR POLICE/dpa
Update from January 9th, 3:06 p.m.: Who was in the Tyrolean gondola? “All we know is that it is a father, his son and daughter and an uncle. So it’s probably a family,” says deputy district police commander Michael Haid to ORF. The police don’t know where the family comes from. The age of those involved in the accident is also initially unknown. Three other people were also injured. According to the police, this was apparently due to the vibration of the suspension cable.
8-seater gondola falls into the depths in a Tyrolean ski area – the operator names the cause of the accident
First report from January 9th, 12:25 p.m.: Vienna – Four passengers were seriously injured when a gondola crashed in Austria, reports ORF, citing the police. The gondola crashed on Tuesday morning in the Hochoetz ski area in Tyrol (Imst).
The crash is apparently not due to a technical defect. According to the police, a fallen tree is said to have caused the eight-person gondola on the Acherkogelbahn to crash. The accident occurred at around 10:22 a.m.
Gondola crash in Tyrol (Austria): Several seriously injured people have to be rescued by helicopters by rescue workers. © ZOOM.TIROL/APA/dpa
Gondola crashed in Tyrol – four seriously injured
A tree is said to have fallen on the support cable, reports the Austrian newspaper Krone. The gondola with four occupants then fell between supports eight and nine.
A major operation is underway. Helicopters and mountain rescue teams are at the scene of the accident, along with other rescue workers and the police. According to the mountain railways, the terrain there is very impassable and difficult to reach. The injured had to be rescued from the helicopter with a rope, they said Tiroler Tageszeitung. There is currently no information available regarding the identity of the injured.
Cause of gondola crash on Achterkogelbahn unclear – “experts have to clarify”
Michaela Burger from Bergbahnen Hochoetz speaks on ORF of a “dramatic accident”. Several trees fell into the cable car route. It is highly unlikely that a gondola will crash, even if a tree falls into the cable car route. “Experts have to clarify how this might have happened,” says Burger. It is also unclear why the trees fell over in the first place. There was no strong wind.
Gondola drama in Austria: In Tyrol in the Hochötz ski area (photo), four passengers were seriously injured when an eight-person gondola crashed. © APA/ZOOM.TIROL/dpa
Due to the cold, there wasn’t much activity in the ski area. The affected train was stopped immediately. The skiers who were not directly affected were informed via loudspeakers and some were taken by bus to another part of the ski area.
It was only in December that an accident in the Ratschings ski area sparked discussions. A tree also fell on the cable car there, but the reason was probably the wind.
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