Musa Ibrahim rescued

Desk Report: Musa Ibrahim, the first Bangladeshi to conquer Mount Everest, has been rescued after five days he had gotten trapped on Carstensz Pyramid, the 4,884 meter mountain in the Sudirman Range of the western central highlands of Papua Province in Indonesia.

State Minister for Foreign Affairs Mohammed Shahriar Alam posted the information on his Facebook account early Monday.

The minister posted a status on the social media two hours ago saying that he was finally going to sleep after hearing the good news it would take rescue team around ten minutes to shift Musa to safe zone.

The state minister also posted a satellite message sent by Musa: “So many stories will b untold & will never be mentioned documented or to be told but will be in our heart. The adventures of carstensz pyramid once upon a time”.

Upon arriving at the airport, Musa Ibrahim also on his Facebook account saying: “Just arrived Timika Airport. Allah is so kind. We returned safe. See you insha allah.”

From the airport, they will be taken to a hotel of Papua New Guinea. From there they are likely to go to Bali, Indonesia, said his wife.

Earlier around 5:30am, Musa sent a text message through a satellite phone to her wife and, CEO, Everest academy--Mohammed Rafah saying, "finally helicopter reached at base camp for rescue. great job."

On May 30, Musa left Dhaka for his new expedition ‘Bangladesh-India Friendship’ to scale up Carstensz Pyramid, the highest mountain in Australia and Oceania (4,884 metre).

He and the two Indian mountaineers -- Satyarup Siddhanta and Nandita Chandra Shekhar -- began the expedition on June 1 and were expected to finish by June 18.




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