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Police say the bodies of three missing hikers have been recovered from a mountain in the Scottish Highlands. A search for the trio began Saturday night when they didn't return from hiking along a notoriously narrow ridge crest in Glen Coe. A Coastguard helicopter flying in fog and mist located the bodies and a search and rescue crew returned Sunday to recover them. Police Scotland says the deaths did not appear to be suspicious but a report will be given to prosecutors. The group set out to hike the Aonach Eagach, a 6-mile-long knife-edge ridge with precipitous drops.

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What, there was a big rescue operation involving helicopters, a number of mountain rescue teams scouring that part of glencoe to find these three men. and that search was successful in the sense that they found them, but sadly all three of them have died. i should stress that this is actually quite an unusual event, even the climbing and hill walking can be dangerous, but three people to die in one incident like this is really quite unusual. occasionally it happens in the winter, particularly because of phenomena like avalanches which can sweep away a number of people at the same time. but thr...

Three hikers who went missing near Scotland's infamous Aonach Eagach ridge on Saturday have been found dead, authorities confirmed Monday.

Mountain rescue teams and coastguard helicopters searched for two men and a woman on Aonach Eagach in Glen Coe