Bulgaria Launches Full-Scale Search for Missing Fishing Vessel off Sozopol
A rescue operation is ongoing to locate a Bulgarian fishing vessel that vanished from radar early Wednesday in the Black Sea near Sozopol.
Boyan Petrov's Team: The Rescue Operation is Over
Society | May 16, 2018, Wednesday // 11:16
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The rescue for the Bulgarian mountaineer Boyan Petrov, who disappeared in the Himalayas, is suspended, announced his team, reported bTV.
Today, a helicopter had to be included in the search in Shishapangma. Chinese rescuers searched in the Camp 1 area and had the idea of going up.
After days of search and two weeks missing, Boyan Petrov was never found. According to climbers, he may have fallen into a crack on the way to the top.
"Unfortunately, we did not find Boyan, but we can now leave knowing that everything possible was really done, especially thanks to Boyan's 10 friends, who yesterday funded this flight directly, to the incredible group and organization of China, and the bold pilots of Simrikair, as well as all other people and institutions that helped to make it happen! God bless Boyan! " Kiril Petkov wrote on Facebook.
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