Two Air India planes crashed into Mont Blanc in 1950 and in 1966. (Representational)
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A treasure trove of emeralds, rubies and sapphires buried for many years on a glacier off France’s Mont Blanc has lastly been shared between the climber who found them and native authorities, eight years after they had been discovered.
The mountaineer stumbled throughout the dear stones in 2013. That they had remained hidden in a steel field that was on board an Indian aircraft that crashed within the desolate panorama some 50 years earlier.
“The stones have been shared this week” in two equal heaps valued at round 150,000 euros ($169,000) every, Chamonix mayor Eric Fournier advised AFP.
He stated he was “very pleased” that occasions had been delivered to a conclusion, specifically for the climber who he praised for his “integrity” in turning his discover in to police as required by legislation.
Two Air India planes crashed into Mont Blanc in 1950 and in 1966.
Through the years, climbers have routinely discovered particles, baggage and human stays from the plane.
In September 2012, India took possession of a bag of diplomatic mail from the Kangchenjunga, a Boeing 707 flying from Mumbai which crashed on the southwest face of Mont Blanc on January 24, 1966.
The crash killed 117 individuals together with the pioneer of India’s nuclear programme, Homi Jehangir Bhabha.
Authorities consider the dear stones are prone to have come from that flight which had been en route from Mumbai to New York.
(Apart from the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV workers and is printed from a syndicated feed.)
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