Body of second dead Australian Indian climber located at Fox Glacier.Byline: ANI Wellington, Jan.15 (ANI): The body of the second Australian Indian man, who was crushed in an ice-fall at Fox Glacier The Fox Glacier/Te Moeka o Tuawe is a glacier located in Westland National Park on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island. It was named in 1872 after a visit by the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Sir William Fox. on New Zealand's South Island last week has been located. A statement from New Zealand police The New Zealand Police (Ngā Pirihimana o Aotearoa in Māori) is the national police force of New Zealand, responsible for enforcing criminal and traffic law, enhancing public safety, maintaining order and keeping the peace throughout New Zealand. said on Thursday it became clear that Akshay Miranda's body had been released from the ice where it was trapped. Akshay, 22, and his 24-year-old brother Ashish were buried under tonnes of ice at the Fox Glacier on New Zealand's South Island on January 8. The brothers were travelling with their parents Ronnie and Winnie at the time of the incident, which occurred after the two men walked beyond warning signs. After the tragedy, rescuers were able to retrieve the body of Ashish, but said it was too dangerous at the time to dig through the ice to find his brother. Their parents arrived back home in Melbourne with Ashish's body on Wednesday night. Authorities launched an aerial search after finding a red cap on a riverbed about 500 metres from the glacier glacier, moving mass of ice that survives year to year, formed by the compacting of snow into névé and then into granular ice and set in motion outward and downward by the force of gravity and the stress of its accumulated mass. . Akshay's body was found 10 kilometres downstream. New Zealand police said Akshay was found lying on his back with his arms by his side, although it was not yet possible to know the extent of his injuries. The Courier Mail quoted Clara Fernandes, an aunt of the dead men, as saying that that both now would be buried together side by side. (ANI) Copyright 2008 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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