Alpine rescue expert and two others were being lowered on a winch to rescue a trapped climber. Due to poor visibility, the pilot released the winch at too high an altitude - about 10m AGL. Franz Franzeskon died instantly in the fall while the two others suffered multiple injuries. No technical issues reported with the helicopter
- Date
- April 29, 2012
- Reg
- OE-XMM
- Make
- MD Helicopters
- Model
- MD902
- MSN
- 900-00084
- Location
- Großvenediger
- Country
- Austria
- CivilMilitary
- Civil
- Fatal
- 1
- Operator
- Heli-Austria
- Link 1
- http://www.austriantimes.at/news/General_News/2012-05-01/41327/Helicopter_pilot_may_face_manslaughter_charges_
- Link 2
- http://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Ftirol.orf.at%2Fnews%2Fstories%2F2530914%2F
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