Drama in the Alps: search for missing mountaineers on the Hochkalter – Eurofighters are also in action
Created: 2022-09-22Updated: 2022-09-22 08:48
By: Katarina Amtmann
A climber has been missing on the Hochkalter since Saturday.
The weather made the search difficult.
Now even a Eurofighter from the Bundeswehr helped.
Ramsau – A young climber (24) has been missing from the Hochkalter since Saturday.
The search had to be temporarily called off due to the weather.
On Wednesday, the mountain rescue service and the police took advantage of the generally better weather and continued the search.
Drama in the Alps: mountaineers still missing on the Hochkalter – backpack found
On the Hochkalter, the missing 24-year-old was searched for from the air with the Recco buoy and at potential location points with emergency services in the field.
A weather balloon was found around noon and the young man's backpack was found in the late afternoon.
Mountain rescuers have been looking for a missing 24-year-old climber under sometimes dangerous conditions since Saturday.
© Bavarian Red Cross / District Association Berchtesgadener Land / Merkur collage
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Climbers on the Hochkalter missing: even Eurofighter in search in use
"Due to clouds moving around, it was no longer possible in the evening to use the winch to lower other emergency services to the mountain, which could have searched the area below the backpack with a rope," said the Bavarian Red Cross on Thursday (September 22).
A police helicopter and a federal police transport helicopter were involved in the search.
In the late afternoon, a Luftwaffe Eurofighter was also flying over the Hochkalter "to support the rescuers with additional location technology and high-resolution aerial photographs," the BRK continued.
A Bundeswehr Eurofighter helped with the search on the Hochkalter.
© Bergwacht Ramsau
Hochkalter: Search for missing climber continues
It is planned for Thursday to search the area below the backpack, which was recovered that evening, with mountain rescuers in the area.
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