ÖAMTC Air Rescue Has Had a Record Year
In 2024, the ÖAMTC Air Rescue had more operations than any other year before. With 22,203 rescue flights, the old record from 2022 was surpassed.
"The new record once again underlines that the ÖAMTC Air Rescue is an indispensable part of the rescue system in Austria. And that's everywhere in the country - just think of the flood disaster in the autumn of 2024, during which we were on duty with several helicopters," said Managing Director Marco Trefanitz in a press release on Friday. One reason for the higher numbers is the larger number of bases. The main reasons for deployment were acute medical emergencies such as heart attacks or strokes (46.5 percent), followed by accidents in leisure and domestic environments (12.7 percent) and sports and leisure accidents in alpine areas (10.9 percent).
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