The thrust reduction would have prevented the capsizing "kleinzeitung.at

The accident occurred in the context of an alleged camp of girls in the army. For the victims situation, there is no more information for weeks. The results of the work of the commission of inquiry were presented today.

10:32 am, November 28, 2018

After the capsizing of a pioneer federal army boat on the Danube near Hainburg (District Bruck a.D. Leitha) on September 1, the accident report is ready. The presentation took place Wednesday morning at the Ministry of Defense.

An independent commission has compiled the accident report of more than 60 pages. External experts participated in the commission, such as Wolfgang BaumannThe secretary general of the Ministry of Defense stressed during the press conference. In order to better know the accident, a reconstruction course was carried out. Above all, two questions had to be answered: "How did the accident occur?" and "What happened after the accident?" According to the report, a reduction in the thrust could have prevented the boat from capsizing.

The live press conference:

The accident occurred in the context of an alleged camp of girls in the army. The pioneer boat with a sergeant as helmsman was occupied by 13 people – eight participants at the demonstration and five soldiers – when the latter capsized. Two women aged 22 and 18 had to be resuscitated. They were under a heavy structure 8.5 meters long, 2.5 meters wide and 2.5 tons. A transport boat was notified and out of the water 39 or 45 minutes after the boat capsized, according to a schedule of the investigation commission.

"Christophorus 3" and "Christophorus 9" were flown to Vienna General Hospital or Vienna Wilhelminenspital. For their condition, there is more information for weeks. This was done at the request of relatives, announced the KAV (Vienna Hospital Association) in September.

The prosecutor's office in Korneuburg has opened an investigation for negligent bodily injury against the boatman. The pioneer boat crashed.

The police investigation is over, said Tuesday Friedrich Köhl, spokesman for the Korneuburger accusation, at the request of the APA. The prosecution is waiting for the report of the federal army commission to reach a final settlement.