10 soldiers trapped after avalanche hits army post at Siachen

World Wednesday 03/February/2016 14:28 PM
By: Times News Service
10 soldiers trapped after avalanche hits army post at Siachen

Jammu: Ten army personnel, including a Junior Commissioned Officer (JCO), were on Wednesday trapped under a mass of snow after an avalanche hit a military post at Siachen Glacier in Indian-administered-Kashmir.
The avalanche hit a high altitude post situated at 19000 feet in Northern Glacier sector in Ladakh region in wee hours of this morning, Defence PRO at Udhampur-based Northern Command Col S. D. Goswami said.
One JCO and 9 other ranks of Indian Army came under the avalanche, the PRO said.
Army and Indian Air Force have launched rescue operation.