<p>An IAF helicopter on Friday began its search for two foreign mountaineers who got stranded at Chaukhamba in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/uttarakhand-one-dead-three-injured-after-getting-buried-under-debris-near-landslide-site-in-sonprayag-23390048" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Uttarakhand's</a> Chamoli district on Thursday.</p>
<p>According to information received from the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) here, the search operation for the foreign mountaineers was started at 8 am.</p>
<p>One mountaineer is from the US and the other from the UK, it said.</p>
<p>The two got stranded after their logistical and technical equipment fell down at Chaukhamba at an altitude of 6,500 meters around 3 pm on Thursday, the SEOC said.</p>
<p>As soon as the information was received in this regard, a request was sent by the district magistrate of <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/uttarakhand-badrinath-national-highway-blocked-due-to-landslide-in-chamoli-23297629" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Chamoli</a> to the Department of Military Affairs (DMA) of the Indian Defence Ministry for heli rescue of the mountaineers at 11 pm on Thursday.</p>
<p>The SEOC and the Uttarakhand State Disaster Management Authority are cooperating fully with the IAF in the search and rescue effort, the former said.</p>
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According to information received from the State Emergency Operations Centre (SEOC) here, the search operation for the foreign mountaineers was started at 8 am

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