Search operation underway in Chitral after paraglider goes missing amid inclement weather
CHITRAL: A search operation was under way in the high-altitude Barum hills of Oveer valley after a 55-year-old paraglider went missing following a sudden deterioration in weather. The missing paraglider was identified as Asif Mehmood, a resident of Wah Cantt. According to Zahiruddin Baber, the president of the Paragliders Association Upper Chitral, Mehmood was among a six-member group that took…
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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