Korea employs helicopters for 2nd day to search for 9 missing nationals following massive flood
The government plans to continue using helicopters in search operations Sunday in Nepal to locate nine Koreans who have gone missing after a catastrophic flash flood devastated the Himalayan country, the foreign ministry said. Two helicopters are scheduled to be used: one chartered by the government's rapid response team and the other chartered by Doosan Enerbility. Flight authorization has yet…
The Korea Times reports that the Korean government plans to continue using helicopters for search operations in Nepal on Sunday to locate nine missing nationals following a massive flash flood. Two helicopters, one chartered by the government's rapid response team and the other by Doosan Enerbility, are scheduled for use, although flight authorization has not yet been granted due to the fluid nature of ground conditions and Nepali authorities' decisions.
On Saturday, a government-chartered helicopter carrying four rapid response team members attempted to fly from Kathmandu toward the flood site but reportedly failed to land, leading to a visual search instead. Six employees from Doosan Enerbility and three from Korea South-East Power Co. remain missing since the floods struck Nepal's north-central Himalayan border area on Wednesday, with the workers having been at a hydroelectric power plant construction site.
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