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Do missions with a rescue helicopter have to be paid for? It is said to have happened in Ebensee in the Höllengebirge in the Salzkammergut (Austria): two German mountaineers asked for information from the mountain rescue team during their descent in the Alps and were sent a helicopter. But they didn't want to get in. Who is responsible and pays the costs for such missions? Helicopter rescue rejected According to press reports, the mountaineers dialed the emergency number to ask for [...]