14-hour rescue operation saves two Vietnamese stranded on a 3,500-meter-high snow-covered mountain in Switzerland.

According to information from the website of Swiss airline Air Zermatt, at approximately 7:00 AM on September 23rd (local time), rescue teams in the Zermatt region (Valais canton, Switzerland) received an emergency call reporting that two Vietnamese mountaineers were in trouble on the Matterhorn.

At the time, the weather was so bad that rescue by air or on foot was impossible. At 1 PM, three rescuers decided to climb the Matterhorn summit on foot to reach the accident site, facing snow, wind, ice, fog, and cold. At an altitude of over 3,500 meters, rescue experts found the two climbers in critical condition.

Two Vietnamese men narrowly escaped death on a 3,500-meter-high snow-covered mountain in Switzerland.

Two climbers were trapped in difficult terrain below the main route, suffering from hypothermia, wearing only light shoes and thin trousers. Adverse weather conditions made helicopter evacuation impossible, so the rescue team used a rope system to bring them back to the main climbing route.

Rescue operation to save two Vietnamese citizens trapped on the Matterhorn mountain in Switzerland on September 23.

The journey down to the Hornli Hut rest stop was also hampered by snow and ice. At 2:00 AM on September 24th, a helicopter took off for the Matterhorn and safely transported the two climbers and rescue personnel. The two Vietnamese individuals were then medically examined and returned home. The rescue operation took a total of 14 hours due to harsh weather conditions.

According to Air Zermatt, the two Vietnamese climbers could have been in life-threatening danger without a rescue operation, given the freezing weather conditions at Matterhorn. The Zermatt region is famous for its ski resorts in the Swiss Alps.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/14-tieng-giai-cuu-2-nguoi-viet-mac-ket-tren-nui-tuyet-3500-mo-thuy-si-18524092511510984.htm