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Seventeen climbers missing in Mt Otgontenger avalanche

Old News! Published on: 2017.10.23

Seventeen climbers missing in Mt Otgontenger avalanche

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A total of 17 people are missing after an avalanche hit Otgontenger, the highest peak in Mongolia’s Khangai Mountains. A group of 27 people began climbing on 21st of October. The avalanche hit when they were descending and were 50 metres below the summit. According to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), five women and a family of four are among the missing.

In total ten rescuers from Zavkhan province have been continuing searching since Saturday and more rescuers were flown in by helicopter from Ulaanbaatar today (23rd of October).

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