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Avalanche on Mount Aragats: Two helicopters involved in search for missing person

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Two helicopters have been involved in the search for a missing person on the northern peak of Mount Aragats.

An expedition group of nine people was trapped under an avalanche on the northern peak of Mount Aragats—eight managed to get out, while one person went missing.

On March 11 at 15:26, the Crisis Management Center of the Aragatsotn Regional Rescue Department received an alarm about the incident.

Rescue teams from the Ministry of Internal Affairs Rescue Service were dispatched to the scene.

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