Baku / 16.05.18 / Turan: The bodies of three Azerbaijani mountaineers lost in the Mount Tufan (4,195 meters above sea level) area of Azerbaijan's part of the Greater Caucasus since December 26, 2017 were found on the evening of May 16.
According to the press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, the tent and the body of one of the climbers were discovered under a four-meter snow cover at about 18:00. An hour later, two more bodies (a boy and a girl) were found.
No other information is reported.
Recall that members of the Federation of Extreme Sports Namin Bunyadov, Farida Jebrailzadeh and Babur Huseynov took to the ascent on December 24. Two days later communication with them was lost. According to experts, they fell under an avalanche.
The search for the missing had not yielded results to this day, for their exact route was unknown. In addition, the height of the snow cover at an altitude of 3,500 meters did not allow active searches. The situation changed after the alpine snows began to thaw. -02B-
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