Pakistan pilots get bravery award

[genmirajborgza786]

Pakistan pilots get bravery award

Two Pakistani pilots who carried out a daring rescue of a mountaineer are to be given Slovenia's top award for bravery, Pakistani officials say.
Slovenian Tomaz Humar got stranded on the western end of the 8,125m Nanga Parbat mountain in the Himalayas two years ago.

He remained for around a week on top of the world's ninth-highest peak.

The helicopter pilots plucked the 38-year-old from an icy ledge 6,000m up the peak known as "killer mountain".

The Slovenian president will present Lt Col Rashid Ullah Beg and Lt Col Khalid Amir Rana with the Golden Order for Services in the country's capital, Ljubljana, this month "for risking their lives during the rescue mission", a Pakistan army statement said.

Isolated

Correspondents say that Mr Humar - climbing alone - was saved in one of the most daring rescue operations carried out by the Pakistani air force.

He was unable to get off the mountain after slipping onto an isolated icy ledge, and was further constrained by a combination of altitude sickness and poor weather, the army said in its statement.

He was further endangered by falling rocks and avalanches.

At the time the rescue operation was "unprecedented" at such a height, the army said.

The statement said he would not have been rescued if it had not been for the pilots' "incredible professional skills and undaunted courage".

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/south_asia/6758251.stm

Published: 2007/06/15 20:09:15 GMT

© BBC MMVII

 

[BATMAN]

I saw this news on few other foreign news sources but is missing from local press! Perhaps I overlooked!
Had any one seen this news in any local english daily?

Two Pakistani pilots who carried out a daring rescue of a mountaineer are to be given Slovenia's top award for bravery.

This is a big news, some should update wikipedia immediately.

 

[Skull-Buster]

Good job by our pilots!

 

[Adux]

Good Job Lt Col Rashid Ullah Beg and Lt Col Khalid Amir Rana, you done PAF proud

 

[Neo]

Proud to be Pakistani, good job guys!

 

[Adux]

When it comes to High Altitude Helicopter Flying, PAF and IAF are the best in the world, no doubt about that

 

[Contrarian]

Good job by the PAF Pilots. May they bring more awards and accolades for Pakistan.

 

[Interceptor]

Slovenia's president awards Pakistani pilots who rescued Slovene mountaineer in Himalayas


2007-06-18

Slovenia's president awards Pakistani pilots who rescued
Slovene mountaineer in Himalayas
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LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Slovenia presented two Pakistani army helicopter pilots Monday with the country's highest award for bravery for rescuing a Slovene mountaineer stranded for a week in the Himalayan mountains nearly two years ago.
Tomaz Humar, 38, had been trapped on a 6,000-meter-high (20,000-feet-high) icy ledge on Nanga Parbat mountain _ the world's ninth highest peak _ in the western Himalayas. He had slipped onto the isolated ledge after he tried to ascend an unconquered face of Pakistan's «Killer Mountain.
Pakistani pilots Lt. Col. Rashid Ullah Beg and Lt. Col. Khalid Amir Rana plucked Humar to safety on Aug. 10, 2005. Slovene President Janez Drnovsek presented them with the bravery awards Monday.
Humar, who remained in radio contact with his base camp during his ordeal, suffered thirst, hunger and the first signs of frost bite, but no serious health problems.
Humar was also periodically buried by avalanches and had to burrow his way out of the snow. He massaged his toes with cream after they turned blue two days in a row, and in the last few days, his food supplies ran out.
Two earlier helicopter rescue attempts failed because of the high altitude and poor weather.
Pakistan's military hailed the rescue as a «highly daring and extraordinary mission» conducted above the normal ceiling for flying _ and rivaling its 1983 rescue of Belgian mountaineer in the Himalayas from 22,000 feet (6,670 meters).
Two Lama helicopters had optional equipment stripped off to reduce their weight and help them conduct the risky maneuver in the thin mountain air. Neither aircraft was able to land near where Humar was sheltering, so one chopper dropped a sling to him and carried him away, dangling from a rope.
Ullah Beg acknowledged the rescue was an «almost impossible mission.
Humar is a veteran of 1,500 ascents around the world. He was climbing Nanga Parbat _ which in Urdu language means «Naked Mountain» _ via its unconquered Rupul Face.
The 8,125-meter (26,812-foot) peak is more widely known as «Killer Mountain» because of the many climbers who have perished there. In all, 31 people died attempting to reach the summit before it was finally conquered by German mountaineer Herman Buhl in 1953.

http://www.pr-inside.com/print156896.htm

 

[Bull]

These are the souls that really has their lives dedicated for the nation.

 

[A.Rahman]

These are the souls that really has their lives dedicated for the nation.

So are the ones who defended it in 65 & 71.

 

[Introvert]

So are the ones who defended it in 65 & 71.

Good Post!

 

[Keysersoze]

Let's not derail this thread please. Everyone has praised the two pilots so no partisanship please

 

[BATMAN]

Operating machines beyond there specifications can be fatal.
I can only tell that electrical equipment designed for 1000m.a.s.l. may fail even at slightly (200 meter more) higher altitudes.
Pilots should aquire all possible technical details before embarking on missions impossible.
I recommend, all such peace time missions should be linked with permission from some technical expert or committe.

 

[KashifAsrar]

Good Work Indeed !
Bravo!
Congrats to all Pakistanis.
Kashif

 

[Bull]

So are the ones who defended it in 65 & 71.

Cant u just stick to the topic...sick guy. Very typical.