Overview
- A 20-year-old man dove from a pedal boat near Altenhof and did not resurface while his girlfriend remained on the boat and alerted police.
- Rescue teams launched a multi-platform search using rescue and police helicopters plus boats to scan the surface of the lake.
- Underwater searches have included sonar, echo sounder and an underwater drone that reported no findings during Tuesday evening operations.
- Police divers from Brandenburg have arrived to assist the ongoing search in the lake, which remains active into its third day.
- Werbellinsee stretches about 13 kilometers and reaches roughly 55 meters in depth, a size and depth that expand the search area and complicate recovery efforts.