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The wind prevents rescue helicopters to fly in Chile

Lugano, Switzerland - A Swiss mountain guide is blocked since a week in a crevasse

The weather conditions have worsened and blocked the rescue attempting of a Swiss mountain guide who last week fell into a crevasse of the glacier Campo de hielo norte, in Chile. Since then the helicopters of the Andes mountain rescue have tried to save him, but yesterday the wind at 100 kilometers per hour made them stop. Franco Dalla Torre, 49, is equipped for an emergency camping, so the aiders...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 69359
Rome, Italy, 11/16/2006 12:28
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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