Everest "dead bodies" resue helicopter
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The worlds highest and deadliest mountain , Mt Everest is expected to get a bit safer from next year. Trials are expected to commence around Mt Everest in January 2008 for the Alpine Wasp, a remotely controlled search and rescue helicopter which is being developed by New Zealand engineers TGR Helicopter.
The Alpine Wasp is controlled remotely by a pilot back on the ground using information provided by on board cameras and laser ranging sensors. Each helicopter has six cameras on its fuselage and a total of 10 in its nose - five looking forwards and five looking down.
The Helicopter will be used to rescue climbers in distress, but it also raises the possibility of retrieving the many dead bodies on Mt Everest which are too difficult to be removed by conventional rescue methods . Climbers are a breed apart from normal people and there are also differing views on the way climbs should be promoted , organised and attempted in an unregulated environment
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Wednesday 26 December, 2007 11:03 PM |
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