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“If we had a helicopter, the rescue operation in Stara Planina would have finished in an hour and a half, and lasted a total of 11 hours,” Emil Neshev, director of the Mountain Rescue Service of the Bulgarian Red Cross, told bTV. tomorrow.
He commented on the start of the new year, which turned out to be extremely busy for the PSS. Only during the first two days of the year 3 rescue operations were carried out in Stara Planina, two of which yesterday, 7 tourists were injured in accidents and a climber died.
“The issue of the lack of a PSC helicopter is extremely painful. I don’t know how the victims felt during that time as we treated them as we took them to ambulances. Not to mention the risks we put rescuers at. I think those responsible and the institutions must act in the end. This is another case in which the lack of helicopters affects our work to such an extent, “said Neshev.
“Heard we will have the first helicopter in 2023. Until then? How many people should die?”Asked the director of the Mountain Rescue Service and pointed out that the issue of rescue helicopters was raised after an accident on the mountain, but after a few days it was forgotten again.
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As for the causes of these incidents in the mountain, especially in recent days, in the words “are combined. Underestimation of the conditions in the mountain and lack of information about the conditions there.”
“For the past year, the mountains have been full of people looking for a way to get around,” Neshev said.
It was not possible to save the climber who died on January 2. He died during the fall from his injuries, said the head of the PSS.
Meanwhile, it became clear that difficult conditions on the mountain make it difficult to remove his body today.
“Many people think that buying equipment can conquer the mountain like in National Geographic. It’s like buying a rope and thinking that you can walk on it, ”said the mayor of Apriltsi. Tihomir Kukenski a series of incidents in the Balkans. He himself was in Pleven’s cabin and witnessed some of the incidents and the rescue operation.
“Around 2: 30-3: 00 we noticed that there was a commotion in the hut. The hut was running through binoculars, binoculars. It turned out that a climber descending from the top noticed a girl waving her hand and disaster, he asked running to the rescue. Rushing to the aid of the first group, he noticed that the second group disappeared from the path they were descending and called the cabin to search for them with binoculars where they stopped … “, said Kukenski.
“I don’t understand how we should urge people not to provoke it. And yesterday The people at Botev Peak and Pleven Hut warned them that the equipment they were wearing was not suitable. by the conditions, however, they allowed it. The mountain was beautiful yesterday, but looking at it from the window, not walking on the concrete ice with cats. “My call is not to turn Apriltsi from a natural northern gate of the Balkan Central Park into a gate to hell,” urged the mayor.
