Terrible diving accident in Bavaria: Rescue workers started a complicated operation on Saturday evening.
A man was killed.
A "health problem" triggered a tragic diving accident in Dietfurt in Upper Palatinate.
A cave explorer was killed, as the police have confirmed.
The complicated rescue operation began on Saturday evening (February 6th).
Update February 6, 10:16 p.m.:
Tragic update on the mission in Dietfurt: The cave explorer in need died in the cave, the Upper Palatinate police headquarters just announced.
Further details are to be announced shortly.
Diving accident in Dietfurt: Researcher gets into distress at a depth of 700 meters
Original report (February 6, 10 p.m.):
Dietfurt - After a diving accident in a cave in Dietfurt (Neumarkt district in the Upper Palatinate), rescue workers try to rescue the injured person.
“A group of divers got into a cave system,” reported a spokesman for the Upper Palatinate police headquarters on Saturday.
"One of these divers then probably got health problems."
Another member of the group returned and alerted the rescue workers.
"Now there are rescue workers in the cave system who are continuing this rescue operation," said the spokesman.
Apparently the group, whose members are apparently researchers, is 700 meters below the surface.
"Group of divers entered the cave system": Extensive rescue mission in Bavaria
The accident occurred in the system of the Mühlbachquellhöhle in the Franconian Alb, one of the longest and partly water-filled cave systems in Germany.
A total of more than 200 emergency services are on site.
As reported by
Bayerischer Rundfunk
, attempts are currently being made to establish a telephone connection to the diving group.
(lks / dpa)
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