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7th Aug 2005, 16:28

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Ian Corrigible

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An Indian AF HAL Cheetah (SA315 Lama) carried out a series of rescue flights on the Kamet glacier in the Garhwal Himalayas at 23,240 ft (density altitude) in May 2004 to rescue causalities from a mountaineering expedition.

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