印度士兵在塔州划船训练中丢失

Hopes fade on Franklin

DAMIEN BROWN
January 11, 2009 02:00am

SEARCHERS hold little hope of finding alive an Indian soldier who fell from his kayak on the Franklin River.

He was swept under rapids on Friday at The Cauldron, described by river guides as an unforgiving section of the iconic south-west Tasmanian river.
The 23-year-old soldier was on the fifth day of a military training exercise with four of his army colleagues and some Australian troops.

Tasmania Police inspector Brian Edmonds has urged all rafters to be on the lookout for the missing man.

"Police are continuing to work closely with the Australian Defence Force and will continue the search operation over the weekend," Insp Edmonds said last night.

"Police would like to request all rafters and kayakers intending to commence a trip on the Franklin River to be aware that the search is under way and to report anything of interest to police at Rafters Basin."

Extensive air and land searches in the remote and rugged South-West have so far failed to find any trace of the soldier since the accident on Friday at 2pm.

The man and his army colleagues were travelling with a group of 10 Australian soldiers, including some believed to be from the Anglesea Barracks in Hobart.

An air search was conducted until light faded on Friday and search and rescue crews were in the air again just after 9am yesterday.

Expert kayakers Adrian Marmion and Cameron Folder were flown into the gorge in the World Heritage area and yesterday travelled the river in search of the man.

The rest of the army crew are expected to be transported out of the area today. A Defence Force spokeswoman said no Australian troops had been injured and the group had remained at the scene to assist police.

She said the Indian Embassy had been notified and the remaining Indian troops would be transported out of the remote area today.

The rafting group told police the soldier's kayak had tipped in a rapid and pulled him under the water.

When he did not emerge, his friends searched the area and the riverbank but did not find him.

The remaining rafters and a police rescue helicopter searched the river between Rafters Basin and the Great Ravine early yesterday and in the afternoon.

Search and Rescue Squad sergeant Nick Preshaw said the area was treacherous and difficult to access.

He said it was a steep gorge with very rough rapids.

The Franklin River is an internationally recognised destination for rafters in the World Heritage Area.

Rafting Tasmania spokesman Graham Mitchell said the river was full of rafters at this time of the year.

In fact, one of his tour groups was having lunch half-a-kilometre away from where the man was last seen.

"It is very common for groups such as the military to be conducting training exercises in this area," Mr Mitchell said.

"But let me tell you, it is a place of serious consequence if you are not careful."

Mr Mitchell is well aware of that. He held the hand of fellow river guide and friend Julian Webber who drowned in front of him at The Cauldron in 1985.

Mr Webber's foot became stuck under a rock and the force of the river made it impossible to save him.

It was that incident at The Cauldron that inspired the acclaimed Richard Flanagan novel Death of a River Guide.

"Once you are stuck, there is nothing you can do and I think the chances of finding this man alive are very slim," Mr Mitchell said.

http://www.themercury.com.au/art ... 21_todays-news.html

我差点参加这个活动，但是因为爸爸饭店里面忙没有去。。。。

这个训练是和澳洲部队一起的训练。

::xt026::  印度士兵。。

会不会被土著人打劫去了::zt15::

恐怕不乐观

原帖由 business_man917 于 2009-1-11 23:01 发表
恐怕不乐观

恩，差点我就去了，真的是差点，在他们去这个划船之前我们还去了个2天1夜的划船。

想想就後怕。。。幸好我家丁茂沒有去。。。也希望那個失蹤的士兵沒有事。。。

DANIELLE McKAY

January 12, 2009 09:37am

THE body of an Indian soldier who was swept away in the Franklin River's rapids during a training exercise has been found.


However, it may be days or weeks until rescuers can recover it, with high water levels and dangerous conditions hampering rescue efforts.
A volunteer searcher saw the 23-year-old's body about 1pm yesterday.

It was wedged between rocks just a few metres from where he fell from his kayak at The Cauldron rapids, described by expert adventurers as an "unforgiving" section of the iconic south-west Tasmanian river.

The soldier was on the fifth day of a training exercise with four army colleagues and six Australian soldiers, including some believed to be from Hobart's Anglesea Barracks.

His colleagues searched the area and were later joined by an extensive land and air search party of police, the Derwent Canoe Club and Australian Army personnel.

Tasmania Police inspector Brian Edmonds, who headed the search, said the team had held little hope of finding the man alive.

"We're formulating a plan to retrieve the body but at this stage it's a matter of waiting for the water levels to drop to a safe level so we don't put rescuers in any danger," he said.

"It's always sad to be recovering a body but we're pleased to have found him."

http://www.themercury.com.au/art ... _tasmania-news.html

Are you kidding?  How could it happens?  These are Indian Special forces soldiers as well.  I still want to go though, I think this is the first death ever with AAWA.

这两天新闻里一直有这个..........

希望没事吧····   希望···