Great search in the Tatras! During the hike to Gerlach, three tourists got lost, according to mobile phones, they should still be in the mountains – Topky

The HZS emergency line was contacted shortly before midnight by their friend, who was to meet them the evening after their descent in Tatranská Polianka. “He had the last telephone contact with them between 10 a.m. and 11 a.m., when they told him that they were performing at Batizovo’s test and that, due to difficult conditions, it should take them longer than planned, but they could be down around 5 p.m. they didn’t come to the car by midnight, their phones were still ringing, but neither of them answered the phone calls or the SMS, he asked for HZS help, “ said mountain rescuers.

According to cell phones, they are still in the mountains

The three rescuers went out in the night to look for the Poles from the Silesian House under the Batizov trial. However, tourists were not seen there either. The location of mobile phones has confirmed that they are still in the mountains. On Saturday morning, the crew of air rescuers from Poprad flew with two HZS rescuers over the area.

“The Squadron of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic was also requested to cooperate. informed HZS on its website. Polish mountain rescuers from Zakopane with a device for locating telephone sets were also deployed in the Velická valley as part of the cooperation.

The search has ended for today

“A rescue helicopter took off from Poprad this morning at sunrise and headed for the highest peak of the High Tatras. Three Polish climbers had not returned from there the day before, so the rescue operation started right in the morning. The helicopter headed to Gerlachovský with two members of the Mountain Rescue Service. “According to the latest information, the search operation for today was terminated, unfortunately, to no avail.” air rescue service Air – Transport Europe said on its social network.