Bodies of 3 army instructors buried under avalanche in Ladakh last year retrieved
The expedition team was hit by an avalanche on 8 October 2023 when four instructors fell into a crevasse.
Three soldiers of the Army were buried alive on Friday in heaps of snow under an avalanche in north Kashmir’s Machhal Sector.
A defence spokesman said the incident occurred when a snow slide struck a patrol party in Machhal Sector. Soon after, search and rescue operations were undertaken.
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Two soldiers stuck in the snow could be rescued and evacuated to the military hospital of Kupwara. Another soldier, who was part of the patrol, was shifted to the hospital as he developed hypothermia.
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The three bravehearts couldn’t survive and made supreme sacrifice in the line of duty.
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