Tirol:: 17-Year-Old German with Glider Fatally Injured

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A young man from Oberallgäu was on his way to Austria with a glider, on Thursday he was reported missing. He was located with the help of a police helicopter.

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Frightful news comes from the Tyrolean police on Friday afternoon. On Thursday, a glider crashed in the Schwellenkar area in Elmen in the Tiroler Außerfern. The pilot was fatally injured. According to the police, the terrible accident probably occurred around 8:35 pm on Thursday evening. At that time, an announcement from Austro Control arrived at the state control center that a glider had been missing. In the meantime, a cell phone line had bee…

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It is not yet known how the crash occurred in the area of the Threshold Kar.

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After the crash of a glider in the Tyrolean Elmen (Reutte district) Thursday evening, during which the 17-year-old German pilot had been killed, cause and exact accident history remain unclear for the time being. The flight accident commission - if the weather permits - will be brought to Germany at the beginning of the week for investigations into the wreck in the area of the Schwellenkar near the border, a police spokesman said to the APA on S…

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A 17-year-old was killed in a glider crash in Elmen, Tyrol (Reutte district) on Thursday evening. The victim was the pilot of the plane. The German was alone in the plane, police reported on Friday. Further details about the crash, which occurred in the Schwellenkar area near the German border, were not yet available.

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A tragic crash of a glider in the district of Reutte (Tirol) occurred on Thursday evening, June 19, 2025. As reported by the police in a press release, the glider crashed in the area of Schwellenkar in Elmen (Reutte district, Tyrol). In the plane only the pilot, who was fatally injured in the incident, was found. "The investigation of the accident is ongoing, according to the officials. Update 9 p.m.: The accident is 17-year-old As the police no…