A joint government rapid-response team flew two helicopter searches on the 29th to find nine Koreans who lost contact after Nepal's massive flooding but did not find any survivors.
An official with the rapid-response team said at a local briefing that "we secured and assessed video footage during the search but could not confirm any survivors."
The team split into two chartered helicopters and headed from the capital, Kathmandu, to Rasuwa, the disaster site. The first helicopter took off at about 11:45 a.m. local time, and the second at about 12:38 p.m., and they searched the Rasuwa area.
The team also asked Nepali authorities to focus searches on areas where the missing Koreans are presumed to be. It plans to mobilize private helicopters to search additional locations.
The Nepal Army also conducted helicopter searches the previous day based on the estimated locations and coordinates provided by the Korean side but did not find the missing people. Roads to the site were washed out by flooding, and the area was covered with debris, making helicopter landings difficult, according to reports.