Information about the incident at an altitude of 5.3 km was received by the rescue service on the morning of Tuesday, August 13. At first one injured was reported.
Employees of the Elbrus high-mountain search and rescue squad with the help of a commercial helicopter moved into place. The tourist was evacuated and handed over to doctors. He has a head injury.
It soon turned out that there were two victims. The woman received a leg injury. She was also pulled down by helicopter. She is hospitalized.
Earlier it was reported that rescuers evacuated a climber from Australia from Elbrus.
On August 7, Newinform reported that a Ural tourist died in Altai during a rockfall.