Kazakhstan sends helicopters for search of alpinists in mountains of Kyrgyzstan

AKIPRESS.COM - The emergency situations committee of the Ministry of Interior of Kazakhstan sent a helicopter for rescue operations of the Kazakh alpinists in the Victory Peak, Sputnik Kazakhstan reports.
"Today at 8:57 am, MI-171 of the Interior Ministry departed from the alpinist camp Karkara in Almaty region to the Kyrgyz Republic for search and rescue operation. Three military alpinists are on the board who will be deployed at the South Inylchek (4,500 meters). Then they will move up on foot," spokesman of the committee Nursultan Nurakhmetov said.
A group of Kyrgyz alpinists will join the rescue operation.
A daughter of one of the climbers Aigul earlier told about the situation on social media.
"A group of three climbers are trapped in the Victory peak supposedly at the height of 6,600 meters. The weather conditions and lack of equipment made it impossible to come back to the base camp. Those left alive Murat Otepbayev and Andrey Korneyev do not have an opportunity to connect with anyone," Aigul reported.