Eight people rescued
Video shows dramatic avalanche on the glacier
The video obtained by the "Krone" shows the immense scale of the avalanche that also hit a piste on the Stubai Glacier in Tyrol on Thursday morning. Eight buried victims were eventually rescued. The large-scale operation has now ended.
As reported, more than 200 rescue workers searched the huge avalanche that broke loose below the Daunscharte in the open area of the Stubai Glacier. It is now clear that eight people buried in the avalanche have been rescued! According to the police, all of them were only partially buried, six of them managed to free themselves and two were rescued by comrades.
Four slightly injured
The victims were five German, two Bulgarian and one Austrian off-piste skier - five men and three women. Four people suffered minor injuries, two of whom were flown to Hall Hospital.
The slope was closed
The dramatic video obtained by the "Krone" was recorded during the avalanche. It impressively shows the force with which the masses of snow thundered onto the piste. The area of the piste that was affected by the avalanche was closed immediately after the accident.
In the early afternoon, it was finally clear that there was no one left under the masses of snow and the operation was over.
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