The Indian army has airlifted three Taiwanese mountain climbers in Nepal to safety. That’s the word from Taiwan’s representative office in New Delhi on Wednesday night.
One of the climbers, Chang Kui-chen, called Taiwan’s representative office in New Delhi after they were rescued. Chang said that they were trekking through a valley in Langtang National Park on April 25 when the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that has devastated Nepal struck.
The park is located north of Nepal’s capital, Kathmandu. Chang and the two other Taiwanese climbers were stranded in the 3,500-meter high Langtang Village for four days before being rescued along with 70 other visitors by India’s military helicopters on April 29.
Chang expressed gratitude to Taiwan's representative office in India for its efforts to locate them and seek help.
The foreign ministry said on Friday that two Taiwanese nationals were still unaccounted for. Of the 248 Taiwanese people that were in Nepal at the time of the quake, 246 have confirmed safe.
Some of them have already returned to Taiwan. The ministry said that it is discussing with the United States and other countries ways of cooperation in assisting quake survivors in Nepal.