{"id":42997,"date":"2017-08-28T06:56:14","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T06:56:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=42997"},"modified":"2017-08-28T06:56:14","modified_gmt":"2017-08-28T06:56:14","slug":"zillertal-alps-accident-kills-five-german-climbers-in-austria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/zillertal-alps-accident-kills-five-german-climbers-in-austria.html","title":{"rendered":"Zillertal Alps accident kills five German climbers in Austria"},"content":{"rendered":"

Zillertal Alps accident kills five German climbers in Austria<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

Zillertal Alps accident kills five German climbers in Austria:- Five German climbers were killed and another climber was seriously injured after an accident in the Austrian Alps.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five rescue helicopters were sent to the scene, 2,900m (9.500ft) above sea level in the Zillertal Alps.<\/span><\/p>\n

The climbers were roped together when one of them slipped, pulling the rest of the group with him, police said.<\/span><\/p>\n

They fell 200m (650ft) down a slope before landing in a crevasse. Only one survived, and was flown to hospital in Salzburg, about 80km (50 miles) away.<\/span><\/p>\n

Officials say the climbers were below the Mannlkarscharte pass near Krimml, in an area where a heightened risk of rockslides made recovery of the bodies more difficult.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We think a rope may have come loose,” said Anton Voithofer, head of the Red Cross rescue team.<\/span><\/p>\n

Three of those who died were over 60 years old. The climber who was seriously injured is in his 70s.<\/span><\/p>\n

The accident is believed to be the deadliest so far this season in the Austrian Alps, where several dozen mountaineers die annually.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    In a separate accident, three Italian climbers are believed to have died on a glacier in the Ademello Brenta Park near Trento, in the Italian Alps.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Two of them perished after falling into a crevasse. The Associated Press reports that a third was rescued but died later.<\/span><\/p>\n

    They were climbing as a group of nine mountaineers roped together, and their six companions all sustained injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

    On Saturday, an Italian climber died after he was hit by rocks in the Valtellina valley near the Swiss border.<\/span><\/p>\n

    Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-europe-41067598<\/span><\/p>\n

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