Brit disaster relief volunteer says ‘Nepal didn’t rescue me’ after cops mistakenly said he was saved from flood

NewsWorld News A BRIT disaster relief volunteer has revealed that he was not rescued from the rubble of flash floods in Nepal, after police claimed he had been saved. Nepali police mistakenly listed Brit Alastair Chambers among those rescued alongside 118 Nepali citizens today. Alastair Chambers, a councillor from Gloucester, says that he was mistakenly identified as being rescued Credit: X/ @AlastairChambe5 Rescue teams are scouring the area to find survivors Credit: Xinhua/Shutterstock But Alistair later clarified that he had just received a lift in a helicopter after travelling to the country as an aid worker. He told The Telegraph that his flight to flood-stricken regions was mistaken for an air-lift rescue. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! He said: “Today, I boarded a helicopter on the other side of the Trishuli and after reaching Batar, I got off the helicopter and police mistakenly thought I had been rescued. It’s a mistake.” Alistair, a Gloucestershire councillor, said he had flown to Nepal on August 27 to offer aid after the deadly mudslides and flooding. He added: “I am flying back to London tomorrow night from Kathmandu.” Alistair’s name had not appeared on the initial list of 33 missing Brits, but a spokesperson for the country’s army told the BBC he had been rescued. Yet footage showed the Brit visiting the flood-hit region to help in the aftermath of the tragedy. In one video, he describes the disaster in Nepal as a “very sad situation”. Most read in The Sun Alastair Chambers had flown to Nepal on August 27 to help with rescue efforts Credit: PA Over 4,500 people remain missing after after catastrophic flash floods ravaged the region Credit: REUTERS Another shows him walking through a devastated village while in a third clip he is delivering aid into Nuwakot – one of the worst-hit regions. More than 100 people have been pulled alive from rubble nearly a week after the devastating flash floods which killed more than 1,000 people. Over 4,500 people are still missing after catastrophic flash floods ravaged Nepal and neighbouring Tibet. Among the missing are 48 Brits – 33 in Nepal and 15 in Tibet. Officials have said they expect the death toll to climb with one doctor saying they “cannot cope” with the number of dead. Hospitals are overflowing with bodies as the Nepalese government revealed yesterday that only 20 victims have been identified and reunited with their families. In a tragic plea, authorities asked for more freezers to be sent from abroad to contain the dead. They have also warned the nation is running out of body bags amid the ongoing recovery operations on the Tibet border. Officials are being forced to bury bodies before they have been identified. Bodies being recovered from the mudslides are said to be so decomposed from spending days underwater that they are nearly unidentifiable. They will be buried in mass graves in order to “prevent a public health crisis” after being swabbed for DNA in the hopes that they may be identified at a later date. Comment now