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Russian mountaineer rescued in Pakistan airlifted to Moscow

Russian Aviaton » Monday August 6, 2018 14:10 MSK

The Russian mountaineer Alexander Gukov, who was rescued in Pakistan after a six-day ordeal, has been airlifted to Moscow aboard a Sukhoi Superjet 100 plane of the Russian Emergencies Ministry, the ministry’s press service told TASS on Saturday.

"The Russian Emergencies Ministry has completed the sanitary evacuation from Islamabad to Moscow by air of the injured Russian climber, who spent nearly a week on the slope of Latok 1 mountain in Pakistan," the spokesperson said.

The Sukhoi Superjet 100 (SSJ100) landed in Moscow’s Zhukovsky Airport. Then the man was taken to a Moscow hospital for treatment. His condition did not worsen during the flight.

"The Russian Emergencies Ministry’s Sukhoi Superjet 100 is equipped with cutting-edge devices and a special medical module, an artificial respirator, and cardiac monitors," he said.