TWO WORKERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN A FRESH TRANSPORT HELICOPTER ACCIDENT IN AUSTRIA, AUSTRIA'S APA NEWS AGENCY REPORTED. THE HELICOPTER WAS EN ROUTE TO A CONSTRUCTION SITE FOR A NEW CABLEWAY NEAR KAPRUN IN THE SALZBURG PINZGAU REGION WHEN A PILLAR THE CHOPPER WAS TRANSPORTING WAS DROPPED AND HIT TWO WORKERS ON THE GROUND, ACCORDING TO DPA. THE CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT WAS NOT IMMEDIATELY KNOWN. ON SEPTEMBER 5, 2005 NINE GERMAN SKIERS WERE KILLED IN THE TYROLEAN RESORT OF SOELDEN WHEN A TRANSPORT HELICOPTER LOST A 700- KILOGRAM CONTAINER OF CONCRETE THAT FELL ON A CABLE CAR. THE CABLE CAR FELL TO THE GROUND, CAUSING A NEIGHBOURING CAR CARRYING THE GERMAN TOURISTS TO SWING VIOLENTLY, THROWING SEVERAL OF THE TOURISTS OUT OF THE WINDOW TO THE GROUND BELOW. A TRIAL OF THE HELICOPTER PILOT STARTS JUNE 22.
