Video: Helicopter rescues plane from snowy mountain after emergency landing
The plane made an emergency landing in the snowy mountains of Argentina and was rescued by specialized personnel and a helicopter (Photo: IBEX/Reuters)
An aircraft made an emergency landing on a snowy mountain in Argentina and was rescued by specialized personnel and a helicopter.
Technical problems forced the Piper PA-18 plane to land on a frozen lagoon in Chubut province on June 29. The pilot was rescued the next day.
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Rescue teams pull a plane out of the snow after it was forced to make an emergency landing in Argentina. (IBEX/Reuters)
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IBEX, the company responsible for removing the plane, which offers aviation-related services including mountain rescue, heli-skiing, heli-fishing and tourism, said the rescue operation took 10 hours.
