Despite the critical weather condition helicopters manage to rescue nine mountaineers who became sick after being trapped at 14, 000 feet.
Indian Air Force received a report to find and rescue mountaineers from the Yongyap La area in Arunachal Pradash's Dibang Valley along the Chinese border. The team was stranded due to a bad weather with four to five feet of snow.
Two Cheetahs and one Mi-17 was packed with emergency food, clothing and fuel and headed to the area. Pilots located the stranded mountaineers in a small clearing surrounded by a tree and thick snow.
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