Updated on May 14, 2026, 06:35PM (AST)

08.05.2026, 08:18

Rescuers airlift mountaineer with altitude sickness from peak near Almaty


ALMATY. May 8 (Interfax-Kazakhstan) - Rescuers evacuated a mountaineer suffering from acute altitude sickness and pulmonary edema from a 4,120-meter peak in the Zailiysky Alatau range near Almaty, the Emergency Situations Ministry said Thursday.


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