Aviator găsit conservat într-un gheţar din Himalaya, după 39 de ani

It airplane that it piloted Mahendranath Phukan crashed in 1968 in a glacier of the Indian State of Himachal Pradesh, located to an altitude of 17,500 feet (5,300 meters). Until today her family had not been able to guard the corpse. Him she considered herself missing. Congealed, its body was discovered halfed-bury in the glacier where it hit four decades ago next to other two mortal victims of that accident. The identity of the other two victims has not extended.

"the corpse of Phukan is intact, without disturbing", has detailed a commander of the Indian army, to which the airplane starred in 1968 belonged. In that flight 102 passengers traveled. Three corpses have been only recovered: the one of Phukan and those of two companions.

The body of Phukan, surrounded in the India flag, was given to its family, who resides in the village in Assam, the northeast of India, this same morning, has informed commander Deodhai Gaon Deuri Chuk.