Helicopter Lands at Goetheplatz

Tue 28th Sep, 2010

Munich. A helicopter landed on the Goetheplatz early on monday morning. Oktoberfest is the reason why.

A child had to be airlifted from a clinic in Cologne to Munich - and arrived via helicopter in the Bavarian city.

As the Theresienwiese is occupied by the Oktoberfest, the helicopter simply landed at Goetheplatz. After a safe landing the child was delivered via ambulance to the Hauner'sche clinic.


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