Islamabad: The search and rescue operation to locate missing climbers Muhammad Ali Sadpara, John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr on K2 resumed today.
Preparations have completed for the biggest rescue operation at K2. The operation to be carried out with the help of satellite pictures.
Pakistan Air Force special plane is carrying out the search operation. C-130 plane left for Search Operation. Sources said that the special plane will fly to height of 8, 611 meters.
The last location of three climbers, including Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Sadpara, who went missing while attempting to summit the world’s second-highest mountain K2 has been traced through satellite images.
The satellite pictures released by Iceland and Chile were shared with Pakistan that helped in identifying the last location of the missing climbers, sources privy to the development said.
The last location of the missing climbers has been traced where the GPS of the team got off.
The government has decided to set up a team of four high-altitude porters (HAPs) from the Gilgit-Baltistan region to help with ground activities once the climbers are spotted using aerial search.
A team comprising at least four HAPs and an equal number of rescuers will be involved while embassies of two foreign nationals may also be taken on board regarding search activities for their assistance in the form of international rescue climbers.
On February 5, Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Sadpara and two foreign climbers, John Snorri from Iceland and JP Mohr from Chile went missing while attempting to summit K2.
Soon after, the land and aerial search to find the missing climbers was kicked off by the Pakistan Army rescue teams but failed to trace any clue of the team.
