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Bundeswehr Helicopter Crash Triggers Multiagency Search and Safety Probe

Search operations resumed Wednesday under a strict security perimeter with specialized teams combing the Mulde River for a missing crew member.

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Overview

  • Search efforts for the missing crew member resumed Wednesday morning using police divers, a Bundeswehr search-and-rescue helicopter and an Eurofighter equipped with an infrared reconnaissance pod.
  • Two crew bodies have been recovered from the River Mulde, with rescue teams continuing to seek the third occupant.
  • More than 100 personnel from police, fire services, Bundeswehr units and Technisches Hilfswerk remain on site to secure the wreckage and coordinate recovery.
  • Emergency teams have contained leaking kerosene with downstream oil booms to limit environmental impact.
  • Military aviation safety experts have taken over the investigation to determine the crash causes and examine a possible collision with a river-crossing cable.