Drone_pilot
11-08-04, 01:01
A search has been mounted for an officer cadet from Shropshire who has gone missing while on a training exercise in the French Alps.
The cadet, who comes from Acton Burnell, near Shrewsbury, but has not been named, was among a group training at Chamonix in the French Alps.
The Ministry of Defence says the cadet went missing overnight on Saturday. He was not mountaineering at the time.
His colleagues are helping the gendarmerie in a detailed search.
Local search parties and a helicopter have been brought in to aid the hunt for the cadet, who is 25 years of age.
The exercise is one of 30 of its kind currently taking place in 16 countries across the world, involving cadet officers from Sandhurst.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3552514.stm)
The cadet, who comes from Acton Burnell, near Shrewsbury, but has not been named, was among a group training at Chamonix in the French Alps.
The Ministry of Defence says the cadet went missing overnight on Saturday. He was not mountaineering at the time.
His colleagues are helping the gendarmerie in a detailed search.
Local search parties and a helicopter have been brought in to aid the hunt for the cadet, who is 25 years of age.
The exercise is one of 30 of its kind currently taking place in 16 countries across the world, involving cadet officers from Sandhurst.
BBC Read More (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3552514.stm)