India reports problems in retrieving climbers’ bodies

LUCKNOW, India (AP) — An Indian state official says the air retrieval of the bodies of five foreign climbers spotted on a Himalayan mountain isn’t immediately possible because helicopters are having difficulty operating due to strong turbulence.
Magistrate Vijay Jogdande says the Indian Mountaineering Foundation could launch a ground expedition to help evacuate the bodies spotted at an altitude of 5,000 meters (16,404 feet) in Uttarakhand state.
He was responding to a statement by th