Search under way for three climbers missing on K2 in Pakistan

Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara, left, pictured with Alpine Club of Pakistan official Karrar Haider, is missing on K2 with experienced climbers John Snorri and Juan Pablo Mohr (Alpine Club of Pakistan/AP)

An aerial search is continuing for three experienced climbers who lost contact with base camp during their ascent of the world’s second highest mountain, K2, officials said.

Karrar Haideri, from the Alpine Club of Pakistan, said army helicopters resumed the search which began a day earlier for Pakistani mountaineer Ali Sadpara and his two companions, John Snorri, from Iceland, and Juan Pablo Mohr, from Chile.