Baku.18.01.18 / Turan: On January 17, rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations continued to search for three mountaineers who had disappeared in December in the vicinity of Mount Tufan. The press service of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports that the search is conducted with the use of special equipment and facilities at altitudes of 3000-3200 meters. While efforts to find the missing results did not results.
Three climbers Namin Bunyatov, Babir Huseynov and Farida Jabrailzade disappeared on December 24. They left the village of Khinalig on the 23rd and had to climb the Tfan (4195 m) the next day. The search for the missing began on one of the data of the 26th, and on the other - on the 27th. Experts suggest, climbers were buried under an avalanche on one of the slopes of the mountain. For three weeks of searches it is impossible to find the climbers, or their tracks. According to the searchers, the height of the snow cover at the site of the avalanche is up to 8 meters. -02D-
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