Two Indian air force helicopters conducted reconnaissance missions around the Nanda Devi mountain in the Himalayas for eight missing climbers without success on Sunday and survivors are unlikely to be found, two state government officials said.
But the casualty rate in the region is almost five times higher than on Mount Everest, the world's tallest peak, and the rescuers would need at least three or four days of walking to get to the avalanche site, officials said.
Jogdande said there will be another aerial survey on Monday. Only if"any evidence is found" that the climbers may have survived will the rescue mission by foot, currently at the base camp, proceed towards the direction identified by air. At least nine people have died on the Nepalese side of Mount Everest this year, the deadliest climbing season on the peak since 2015.
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