Overview

• The 28-year-old fell roughly 20 meters over scree on the lake’s east shore and held on at the waterline, sustaining severe injuries.
• Her companion, unable to descend or reach her, called emergency services at about 13:25, triggering an escalated water-rescue response from Leitstelle Traunstein.
• Feuerwehr Königssee, BRK water rescue and Red Cross land crews reached the site by boat, recovered the casualty and delivered emergency medical care.
• Rescuers transported her by boat to Kessel, where the Salzburg helicopter Christophorus 6 flew her to the Salzburg trauma hospital.
• A separate team secured the uninjured companion and handed her to the Bergwacht crisis-intervention service, while most overregional units were recalled and the operation ended at 16:30.