13 People Missing On China's Changshan Mountain Allegedly Searching For Military Plane That Crashed 80 Years Ago

Changshan (ANTARA/China Discovery)

BEIJING - Thirteen people missing on Changshan Mountain, Yunnan Province, China, since Thursday, May 12, are believed to be part of a search team for a military transport plane that crashed 80 years ago.

As reported by Antara, Saturday, May 14, two search teams since Saturday morning was deployed to the most popular natural tourist attraction in Dali City, Yunnan Province, southwest China's region.

Previously, it was reported that the 13 people were climbing without permission from the local authorities by passing through the post without a guard.

Until now, seven of them have been successfully contacted by the search team, while the fate of the other six is unknown.

Among the missing climbers were Sun Chunlong, a former journalist and founder of the "Veterans Home" charity event.

Sun and his friends climbed Changshan Mountain in search of a military transport plane that lost contact and crashed some 80 years ago.

The plane went missing while crossing the Hump, a route at the eastern end of the Himalayas, en route from India to China to deliver supplies to Chinese troops during the Japanese aggression (1931-1945), the paper.cn website said, citing sources close to the victims.

The victims brought several units of satellite phones, but one of them was exhausted and the other could not continue the journey because of the rain.

A local tour guide and members of a civilian rescue organization accompanied their journey.

"We will walk for four days carrying loads of more than 10 kilograms by cutting our way out through the bush. For me, it will be the biggest physical challenge of my life," Sun wrote on WeChat Moments on Monday (9/5) before entering Forest.