Search to continue until missing mountaineers are found – deputy minister

  09 January 2018    Read: 767
Search to continue until missing mountaineers are found – deputy minister
Azerbaijan’s Minister of Emergency Situations Kamaladdin Heydarov has instructed to continue the search for the missing mountain climbers until they are found, said Deputy Minister of Emergency Situations Faig Taghizade.
He made the remarks at a press conference held at the operational headquarters created in connection with the search for the missing mountaineers, AzVision.az reports.

Three members of Gilavar Air and Extreme Sports Club - Farida Jabrayilzade (born in 1991), Babur Huseynov (1990) and Namin Bunyatzade (1983) - went missing near a mountainous area in Khinalig Village of Azerbaijan’s Guba district on Dec. 23.

The deputy minister noted that only specialists should be involved in the search for the missing climbers.

“Austrian specialists are present here. According to them, conducting a search in such weather conditions is disallowed in their country. The missing climbers had to move through the easiest route – B1. But they changed their route. Areas were determined in accordance with this route. The search was conducted in the first section, but no climbers were found,” he added.

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