Mobile Phone Locations Tracked for 9 Missing Korean Workers in Nepal... Military Transport Plane Arrives in Kathmandu

[Financial News] As land and air searches for the nine South Korean workers missing in the massive floods in Nepal have yielded no results, authorities have begun tracking their locations via mobile phones. The plan is to narrow down the search area by combining the last known mobile phone location data of the missing individuals with testimonies from survivors.
On the 2nd, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) announced that it is coordinating with Nepal to track the mobile phone locations of the nine missing persons. A government official stated, "We are gathering location information for the missing persons by utilizing mobile phone data to track the whereabouts of the nine people out of contact and by listening to stories from Nepalese survivors and local officials."
If location information of the missing persons' mobile phones, which were last transmitted from base stations, is available, the search can be conducted more precisely.
On the morning of that day, the government's joint rapid response team conducted a joint search with the Nepalese military in flood-affected areas, including the Upper Trishuli (UT)-1 hydroelectric power plant where the nine missing South Koreans were stationed. A land search team also advanced to within 2 kilometers of the camp and workplace where the missing individuals stayed, deploying drones to search the surrounding area. However, due to the extensive search area, rugged terrain, and inclement weather, they were unable to achieve significant results.
Meanwhile, our government's overseas emergency relief team arrived in Kathmandu via our military transport plane.
The Air Force multi-purpose aerial refueling tanker 'KC-330 Cygnus' (KC-330), carrying 44 members of an overseas emergency relief team, took off from Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, at around midnight on this day.
The transport plane carried a high-resolution drone requested by Nepal, along with acoustic and video detectors for rescuing buried victims, thermal imaging detectors, a submersible pump, and five rescue dogs.
The Overseas Emergency Relief Team plans to conduct search and rescue operations for victims, including nine Korean nationals who are currently out of contact, while communicating and cooperating closely with the Nepalese government on-site for about 10 days.

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