Bus accident in Madeira 2019

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In a bus accident on Madeira on April 17, 2019, a total of 29 people, all of them German nationals, were killed.

Accident

In the bus accident , a bus with a tour group from Germany, which was on its way from Caniço , Santa Cruz district to Funchal , the capital of the Autonomous Region of Madeira , came shortly after the start of the journey in Caniço on a sloping stretch in a curve of the Road and crashed down an embankment onto a house.

consequences

In the accident, 28 of the 56 people on the bus died immediately and 28 were injured. Among the 28 injured were two Portuguese, the tour guide and the bus driver. One injured person died in the hospital, bringing the death toll to 29 (11 men and 18 women), all from Germany. Many of the accident victims stayed at the Hotel Quinta Splendida in Caniço. 51 of the accident victims had booked their trip with the tour operator trendtours Touristik. 19 injured were treated in the hospital on Thursday afternoon, 4 of them in the intensive care unit. 8 people had already been released by then. On April 19, 2019, 16 people, including 14 Germans, were treated in the hospital. None of them were in mortal danger anymore, but according to the clinic management they could not be moved to Germany. On Saturday, 15 Germans were flown back to Germany in the MedEvac -Airbus of the German Air Force . A German remained in the hospital in Madeira because she was not yet fit for transport. The two Portuguese injured were also treated in hospital. The fatalities were also after the autopsy on Saturday, April 20, 2019, in Dr. Nélio Mendonça in Funchal has not yet been identified as originally planned. The 29 bodies of those who died in the bus accident were transported in zinc coffins to Frankfurt Airport in Germany on Thursday, May 2, 2019 . Four dead came from Brandenburg and twelve dead from North Rhine-Westphalia.

Reactions

Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa sent his condolences to the victims and their families and revoked their promise to appear at the scene of the accident, as the military planes might be needed to bring the injured to the mainland. A three-day state mourning was ordered in Portugal.

The German government spokesman Steffen Seibert lamented the "terrible news" in Madeira and expressed "his deep pity for all those who lost their lives in the bus accident". The German ambassador to Portugal, Christof Weil , flew from Lisbon to Madeira on April 18, 2019 . Federal Foreign Minister Heiko Maas set off on a trip to Madeira on April 18, 2019 with a team of doctors, psychologists and consular officers from the Federal Foreign Office , "to speak to those affected and to express our thanks to our Portuguese friends for their help" and is arrived there on the same day. On April 19, 2019, a memorial service for the victims was held in Funchal with survivors of the bus accident and their relatives.

root cause

The investigation of the wreck commissioned by the Portuguese public prosecutor's office did not reveal any technical defects. The initially widespread hypothesis of failing brakes is therefore invalid. After completing their investigations, the prosecutor has now charged the driver. She accuses him of risky driving. The indictment has not yet been published and the trial has not yet opened.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Bus accident: Foreign Minister Maas travels to Madeira , Süddeutsche Zeitung , April 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ a b c d Portugal confirms death of 29 Germans , Die Zeit , April 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b c Bus accident on Madeira: 27 Germans dead - brakes failed? , Berliner Morgenpost , April 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ a b Bus accident on Madeira: brakes may have failed , br.de, April 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ Madeira bus crash: At least 28 people killed after tourist bus crashes in Portugal , CNN , April 18, 2019.
  6. ↑ a b 29 mortos e 28 feridos no acidente com autocarro de turismo na Madeira . Diário de Notícias. 17th April 2019.
  7. ↑ Despiste de autocarro na mata Madeira 29 turistas alemães . Public. 17th April 2019.
  8. ↑ Madeira. As imagens aéreas que mostram o autocarro e as operações de socorro , observador.pt, April 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ Bus carrying German tourists crashes, killing 28 on Portugal's Madeira , Japan Times , April 19, 2019.
  10. ↑ Tourists killed in Madeira bus crash , enca.com, April 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ Madeira. Motorista tentou travar o autocarro desgovernado conduzindo-o contra os muros das casas , observador.pt, April 18, 2019.
  12. ↑ a b Relatives of casualties travel to Madeira , zeit.de, April 19, 2019
  13. ↑ Bus accident with 29 dead: Madeira survivors are in Germany , Der Tagesspiegel, April 20, 2019
  14. ↑ Local company active worldwide: Tohr company from Kassel brought German fatalities from Madeira home , HNA, May 5, 2019
  15. ^ Madeira bus accident: victims from Brandenburg / Havel and Brielow , Märkische Allgemeine Zeitung, April 29, 2019
  16. ↑ Bus accident Madeira Two Cologne daycare workers among the victims , express.de, April 24, 2019
  17. ↑ Bus accident in Madeira: Maas travels to the injured and relatives , tagesschau.de, April 18, 2019.
  18. ^ After the bus accident: Foreign Minister Maas arrived in Madeira , Deutsche Welle , April 18, 2019.
  19. ^ Public prosecutor accuses bus drivers from Madeira , tagesschau.de, December 21, 2019

Coordinates: 32 ° 38 ′ 55 "  N , 16 ° 50 ′ 15"  W.