Body of paraglider who went missing after take-off from Chitral's Zaini Pass found
CHITRAL: The body of the 55-year-old paraglider Asif Mehmood, who went missing shortly after take-off from Zaini Pass in Upper Chitral on Thursday, was found in the highland pasture of Oveer Valley on Friday afternoon after a shepherd spotted him. A search operation had been underway in the high-altitude Barum hills after Mehmood, who was a resident of Wah Cantt, went missing following a sudden…
In Chitral's Zaini Pass, the remains of 55-year-old paraglider Asif Mehmood, who went missing after take-off, were discovered on Friday afternoon in the Oveer Valley pasture. Mehmood, a resident of Wah Cantt, vanished following a sudden weather change. A search effort was mounted in the high-altitude Barum hills, yet it was halted due to darkness and low visibility but was restarted early on Friday.
The president of Upper Chitral's paragliders' association, Zahiruddin Baber, revealed that Mehmood had crashed into a hillock, sustaining back and head injuries. The group of six paragliders that departed from Zaini Pass, close to Terichmir peak in the Hindu Kush, had faced a deterioration in weather after one hour. Five others landed safely, but Mehmood continued his flight towards Chitral city.
Baber and the others had maintained radio contact with Mehmood for nearly one-and-a-half hours, but their communication was lost later. The incident marks the first such occurrence in Chitral in over two and a half decades.
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