Indian soldier found alive after six days buried under avalanche

Source: The Guardian

An Indian soldier buried by an avalanche for six days in the Himalayan region of Kashmir has been found alive and pulled from the snow, along with the bodies of nine others who died, officials said.

The enormous avalanche hit an Indian army post last Wednesday and trapped the 10 soldiers on the northern end of Siachen glacier, the highest point along the heavily militarised line of control between India and Pakistan. The army had said after the first day of searching that the chance of finding survivors was “very remote”.

However, Hanamanthappa Koppad was rescued on Monday night from under at least 7 metres (25 feet) of snow, Indian military commander Lt Gen DS Hooda said. He was unconscious and in a critical condition at the army’s hospital in Delhi.
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Hooda described last week’s avalanche as massive, adding that “an entire mountain of rock-solid snow” measuring about half a square mile “fell on the post and buried it”.



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