China reinforces rescue for search for missing Myanmar mountaineers

China's Blue Sky Rescue team has sent more rescuers to Myanmar to continue search for two missing Myanmar mountaineers and one missing Thai helicopter at the request of the Myanmar side, Xinhua news agency reported.
Two experts of the Chinese rescue team arrived in Yangon Sunday midnight, while more members of the team, equipped with advanced technology such as remote-controlled pilotless aircraft, are expected to arrive Monday night.
A statement of the China-Myanmar Friendship Association, said the decision to dispatch more Chinese rescuers to Myanmar is made out of consideration of humanitarian ground, China-Myanmar friendship and the experience of successful participation of the team in rescue operations in the Philippines.
Two Myanmar mountaineers have gone missing on Mount Hkaka Borazi in Myanmar's Kachin state along the China-Myanmar border since Aug. 31.
Search and rescue operations continued in Myanmar in full swing, involving local and international rescue teams including those from China, Nepal and Thailand.