GILGIT: An injured paraglider from United States has been airlifted by helicopter of Pakistan Army Aviation from Rush Lake.
As per details, the Rush Lake is situated at an altitude of 4,694 metres in Nagar.
The local police stated that the two paragliders, US national Jessica Courtney Green, 40, and Australian national Shane Owen Tighe, 35, took off from Karimabad, Hunza, on Saturday.
The two paragliders had planned to land at Rush Lake, nearly 50 km from Karimabad.
However, the Jessica Courtney had no other option but to make a crash-landing. She got injuries on her leg, but her condition was initially reported to be stable.
The American paraglider had also suffered broken ribs and an ankle injury and was found unconscious.
Jessica was rescued with the assistance from local people, using a satellite phone. Her fellow paraglider informed a friend about the situation, who then asked for urgent rescue.
Volunteers from Hoper Valley reached the incident site on Sunday and managed to rescue the injured paraglider, taking her to some distance.
The paraglider was given food and first aid after the volunteers stayed overnight in camp.
The rescue operation concluded on Monday morning after a Pakistan Army Aviation helicopter airlifted the injured American paraglider to Gilgit and later to Skardu. From there, she was moved to Islamabad on a special flight the same day.
Earlier, in an unfortunate incident, a helicopter of Gilgit-Baltistan government was crashed near Chilas.
As per details, five member on board had lost life in the helicopter crash in Diamer District’s Chilas town.
The GB government spokesperson Faizullah Faraq stated that “One of our helicopters has crashed in Thor, Chilas.”
He said that there were two pilots and three technical staff on board the aircraft.
On the other hand, Diamer Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Abdul Hameed, issued a statement, saying that “reportedly, five casualties occurred due to crash.”
“The helicopter belonged to the Pakistan Army. The helicopter was conducting a test landing on a newly proposed helipad, he said. Diamer police and rescue teams had reached the incident site and started evacuation”, SSP confirmed.
