Drunken boat trip

“Help, my husband has fallen into the Danube!”

Alcohol and panic are not a good mix: because she couldn't find her partner anywhere, a woman thought he had fallen into the river after a drunken party on a boat in Feldkirchen an der Donau (Upper Austria). There was a huge search operation from 11 p.m. until 1 a.m., when the missing man, who was also very drunk, fortunately turned up alive.

Five people between the ages of 25 and 53 were partying on a boat in Unterlandshaag in the municipality of Feldkirchen an der Donau on Saturday night. As they were leaving the boat, one of them fell over a floating dock into the water and was pulled out by the others. On the way towards the exit of the area, a woman lost sight of her partner for unknown reasons and was afraid that he had also fallen into the Danube.

120 firefighters in action
Due to heavy drinking and panic, no further details could be given. In the end, the person they were looking for was found on a boat on land, also heavily intoxicated. In addition to the police patrols and their dog, the Landshaag, Feldkirchen and Aschach volunteer fire departments were involved in the search with around 120 men and three paramedics.