Large-scale operation after a large avalanche in Tyrol in Vent (Imst district): A total of four people were buried. Two winter sports athletes have already been rescued dead, and a third subsequently died. In addition, an alpinist was taken to hospital partially buried and injured.
The avalanche occurred around 11 a.m. in the Niedertal area in the municipality of Sölden. This route leads to the Martin-Busch-Hütte. A road leads into this area. About halfway along the route at around 2,200 meters, an avalanche about 180 meters long and 80 meters wide appears to have broken off east of the Talleitspitze and buried several people. Three people died. According to the police, the victims were a Dutch tour group. They were traveling with guides. Three deaths have already been confirmed. One person was flown by emergency helicopter to hospital in Zams with significant but not life-threatening injuries. There were a total of 18 people in the group, one of whom probably turned around before the avalanche occurred. The search operation had to be interrupted in the meantime because avalanches were blown up. The police said there were currently more avalanches on the side of the accident site. A number of emergency services were on site. As control center managing director Bernd Noggler said, five emergency medical helicopters were in use, a helicopter from the Federal Army and an aircraft from South Tyrol. The Innsbruck professional fire department set off for the Ötztal with a tanker. All local mountain rescue offices in the Ötztal were also on site, and a number of avalanche search dogs were also brought from the Oberland to the Ötztal. “All hospitals are pre-informed,” Noggler also said.if(!apaResc)var apaResc=function(a){var e=window.addEventListener?”addEventListener”:”attachEvent”,t,n;(0,window[e])(“attachEvent”==e?”onmessage”:”message”,function(e){if(e.data[a]) for(var t=document.getElementsByClassName(a),n=0;n!=t.length;n++) t[n].style.height=e.data[a]+”px”},!1)}; apaResc(“apa-0487-24”);On Thursday, the relatively low avalanche warning level of two on the five-part scale prevailed on Tyrol’s mountains. The avalanche danger was therefore assessed as “moderate”. Nevertheless, the experts warned of spontaneous loose and gliding snow avalanches. The danger of loose snow avalanches would increase as temperatures and solar radiation rise over the course of the day, especially in extremely steep terrain.
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