Two South Korean mountaineers rescued in Ladakh, one dies | India News

JAMMU: Army troops rescued two critically sick South Korean mountaineers from a peak in the Union territory of Ladakh, the Army mentioned Friday. One of the climbers, nevertheless, handed away throughout remedy.During an expedition, the mountaineers fell critically sick close to Kongmarula, an remoted peak of Ladakh, on Thursday, Army’s Fire and Fury Corps acknowledged in an X submit. Army aviation helicopters executed an evening casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) from an unprepared web site at an altitude of 17,000ft, and airlifted the mountaineers to SNM Hospital, Leh, for remedy, it added.CASEVAC refers back to the speedy transportation of critically sick/injured people from a fight/harmful/threatening state of affairs to a medical facility for remedy by the army.“Fire and Fury Corps expresses heartfelt condolences to the family of one of the mountaineers who unfortunately lost his life,” the submit acknowledged.