Captain Kim Hong-bin's First Helicopter Search Launched... Still Not Found

[Asia Economy Reporter Gong Byung-sun] The first helicopter search was conducted to find Captain Kim Hong-bin (57), who went missing on Broad Peak (8047m) in the Himalayas, but he has not yet been found.

According to Gwangju City on the 25th, one rescue team helicopter conducted six patrol searches at an estimated missing location at an altitude of 7400m.

At 1:49 PM that day, the rescue team helicopter departed from the base camp to the estimated missing location, carrying a Russian mountaineer who had participated in the rescue during Captain Kim's distress. However, the helicopter failed to find Captain Kim and returned to the base camp at 3:05 PM. The camp is currently reported to be analyzing the footage taken.

Captain Kim suffered an accident near an altitude of 7900m while descending after summiting Broad Peak in the northeastern part of Pakistan-administered Kashmir at 4:58 PM local time on the 18th. The next morning, Captain Kim was found by a Russian rescue team and is known to have fallen while climbing up using a jumar (ascender).

Authorities from Pakistan and China have dispatched rescue teams and helicopters and have been conducting searches since the previous day.

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