Overview
- Rescuers in northern Sweden, alerted about 1:45 p.m. Wednesday, confirmed an avalanche near Riksgränsen swept five people down Vassitjåkko.
- Three of the five were flown by helicopter to hospital with injuries.
- Police now report no indication of further missing people, after early claims suggested up to ten were unaccounted for.
- Other skiers dug the buried group out before specialists arrived about 45 minutes after the alert.
- Mountain rescue used several helicopters and a search dog, and Sweden also asked Norway for extra personnel and a rescue helicopter.