 "Operations by the specialized teams of the Army and the Air Force in progress to search for the bodies of the soldiers hit by an avalanche, in Siachen. Photo: PTI")
An Indian helicopter mission on Wednesday to remove the bodies of five missing climbers believed killed in an avalanche high in the Himalayas was halted after encountering technical problems, officials said.
Eight climbers - four from Britain, two from the United States, and one each from Australia and India - were reported missing last Friday after they failed to return to their base camp near Nanda Devi, India's second highest mountain.
An Indian air force helicopter on Monday spotted five bodies partially buried in snow high on a slope.
A recovery mission began on Wednesday but the initial sorties encountered technical problems, said
