{"id":29587,"date":"2022-05-18T07:08:54","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/?post_type=survivor-stories&#038;p=29587"},"modified":"2022-05-18T07:09:03","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T12:09:03","slug":"plane-crash-austria-aqualink","status":"publish","type":"survivor-stories","link":"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/de\/survivor-stories\/plane-crash-austria-aqualink\/","title":{"rendered":"AquaLink Rescue&#8217;s Pilot on Austria&#8217;s Mountainside"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>During a wonderful Fall Sunday flight in the Alps, we decided spontaneously to see a glacier.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shortly before it, I had to dodge a material transportation cable which had its altitude falsely (1800 ft. too low) indicated on my navigation software.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We pulled ourselves as far as we could go from the plane, as our backs were injured during the crash, and we set off the AquaLink PLB immediately, as I didn&#8217;t have an ELT installed in the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although lying at 9.800ft in steep mountain terrain, I am amazed how precisely SARs could locate us thanks to my already six years old ACR Aqualink and be on site barely 50 minutes after triggering my AquaLink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/maxime5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/maxime5-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/maxime5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/maxime5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/maxime5-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.acrartex.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/maxime5.jpg 858w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Maxime&#8217;s plane 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