Body of missing Briton Aiden Webb found: Vietnamese
rescuers
One of the last photos
of Aiden Webb taken in Vietnam and uploaded on his Facebook account on May
28, 2016. Facebook
The body of British national
Aiden Webb, who had been missing since Friday last week while trekking in
Fansipan Mountain in northern Vietnam, was found Thursday afternoon, the Vietnam News Agency reported.
The rescue
team sent out in search of Webb, 22, said the victim’s body had been found at
1:00 pm.
Located in
Sa Pa District in Lao Cai Province, Fansipan is the highest peak in the three
Indochinese countries of Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia, at the height of 3,143
meters.
Webb’s
corpse was discovered at an altitude of 2,800 meters above sea level and
about one kilometer away from the T4 beam of the cable car system.
According to
the rescue team, the man might have died three days before he was found.
The team is
currently working closely with the cable car management to find ways to get
the body out of the forest, which is expected to take hours due to the craggy
terrains.
A team of
about 50 people had joined in the search mission, including the military, Sa
Pa police officers, the Hoang Lien National Park emergency team, and the
Fansipan cable car company.
On Thursday
last week, Aiden Webb and his girlfriend Bluebell Baugham checked in at a
hotel in Sa Pa District.
Early the
next morning, Webb set off to trek up Fansipan Mountain while his girlfriend
stayed behind, though the two maintained contact through Facebook.
The man
reportedly climbed along the cable car line towards the mountain top, packing
lightly with some food, a flashlight, and a phone charger.
According to
Baugham’s statements, the last message she received from Webb was at around
6:00 am on Saturday, when the man told her how he had got lost with injuries
on his arm and leg.
TUOI TRE NEWS
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Thứ Năm, 9 tháng 6, 2016
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