The survivors of the Bus Disaster of Madeira, who had flown back from the German Armed Forces to Germany, coped well with the trip home. "The 15 patients are doing well in the circumstances," said Director of the Accident Clinic in Cologne-Merheim, Bertil Bouillon, on Sunday. "Even on Easter weekend, the first patients will be moved to hospitals near their respective homes."

The accident victims were taken on Saturday evening in the hospital Merheim of the clinics Cologne, after they had been brought back with a special machine of the Federal Armed Forces of Madeira to Germany. The hospital Merheim is considered particularly suitable for such cases because it has a large emergency room.

The Airbus A310 "MedEvac" is the flying intensive care unit of the Bundeswehr. On board there are up to six places for intensive care treatments. In addition, there are 38 more berths, with increased medical monitoring with monitors for 16 patients. The medical crew can count up to 25 people.

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Accident on Madeira: The accident in Caniço

The 15 injured come from North Rhine-Westphalia, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt and Baden-Württemberg, as the city of Cologne announced. In the disaster in Madeira on Wednesday evening 29 inmates of the coach were killed, 27 suffered injuries. Most victims came from Germany. The injured were very well taken care of by the doctors on Madeira, said the Cologne doctors.

A German is not yet transportable and must first in the clinic. Nélio Mendonça stay in Funchal, Portuguese media quoted the authorities. For "medical reasons" she still has no permission for the journey home. The driver of the bus and the tour guide, both Portuguese, are still in the hospital. Seven affected wanted to return home, according to the tour operator Trendtours with normal flights.

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The identity of the 29 fatalities was still not fully resolved on Saturday after the autopsy. Likewise, there were no final statements on the cause of the accident. The bus had left the road on Wednesday evening, had overturned on a slope and had fallen on a residential building.

The accident happened just a few minutes after the bus left the Quinta Splendida hotel in Caniço near Funchal. Possible causes of the disaster are either a trapped gas pedal or a brake failure. However, it is still being investigated.