The rescue workers have not yet managed to reach the part of Mount Aragats where a nine-person expedition team was trapped under an avalanche. This was reported to Armenian News-NEWS.am by the Aragatsotn provincial rescue department of the Rescue Service of Armenia, adding that all members of this expedition team are Spanish citizens.

“Eight of them have physical injuries, one was trapped under an avalanche. At the moment, the Rescue Service is working. A helicopter has been sent to take the injured out from that area, and the ambulance will provide the corresponding medical assistance,” the aforesaid department reported.

The Rescue Service noted that the members of this expedition team had climbed Mount Aragats from the side of Geghadzor village.

Earlier, we reported that at 3:26pm on Tuesday, the crisis management center of the Aragatsotn provincial rescue department received a report that an avalanche had occurred on the northern peak of Mount Aragats, an expedition team consisting of nine people was trapped under the avalanche, eight of them had gotten out, but one person was missing.