Overview

• The 28-year-old fell about 20 meters over scree on the lake’s east shore on Friday and was recovered from the water with severe injuries.
• Leitstelle Traunstein launched a large water-rescue response due to the initially unclear situation after an emergency call at about 13:25.
• Firefighters from Königssee, the BRK water rescue and Red Cross land rescue reached the site with two boats, stabilized the patient, and transferred her to Kessel.
• The Salzburg air ambulance Christophorus 6 flew her from Kessel to the Salzburg Unfallkrankenhaus, while her uninjured companion was secured and handed to the Bergwacht crisis-intervention service.
• Most regional water-rescue units turned back en route, and the operation concluded at 16:30 with no further public update on the patient’s condition.