NEW DELHI, Feb. 9 (UPI) -- An Indian soldier was found alive after being buried in the snow for six days after an avalanche that killed nine of his colleagues.
Lance Corporal Hanamanthappa Koppad was rescued from the military post on the Siachen glacier, at 19,000 feet elevation, in India-administered Kashmir near the border with China. Found under 30 feet of snow and ice, the critically ill soldier was airlifted to a Delhi hospital. Rescue teams used mechanical snow-cutting equipment, radar and dog teams to search for the missing troops.