Shimla: Up against a threat of an avalanche and falling into crevices, defence mountaineers and local trekkers are battling hard to locate the remaining wreckage of an Indian Air Force (IAF) MiG-29 and its pilot in Himalayan terrain off the Lahaul Valley in Himachal Pradesh.
The fighter jet crashed Oct 18 in the Himalayan terrain at elevations ranging from 15,000 to 20,000 feet above sea level. It was on a night flying training mission and had taken off from Adampur near Jalandhar in Punjab.
The search teams spend nights at a base camp at an altitude of 13,000 feet where the temperature remains below minus 10 degrees Celsius after dusk with just basic survival gear.
"Over 55 personnel, including expert mountaineers from the IAF, the Indian Army and some local mountaineers are involved in day-and-night combing operations," an IAF official involved in the search told a news agency on Friday, requesting anonymity.
28/10/11 ZeeNews.com
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