One of three people killed in an avalanche in the Scottish Highlands was an RAF squadron leader, Northern Constabulary has said. Rimon Than, 33, who was based at RAF Valley, North Wales, was killed in the incident in the Cairngorms. The three were airlifted from the Chalamain Gap area to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary shortly after 12.30pm on Thursday. The avalanche struck as two groups of six climbers made their way up opposite sides of a gorge. One group was part of a Glenmore Lodge organised winter skills training course and the second was off-duty RAF personnel. The MoD earlier confirmed that two of those who died were serving in the RAF. Inspector Murdoch MacLeod said: "Clearly, this is a very tragic incident and our thoughts are currently with the families of those who have lost their lives. "It is important that we pay tribute to the work of the rescuers who responded extremely quickly to the incident and located all three climbers in a short space of time. "All three were airlifted to Aberdeen but sadly they died as a result of their injuries." | 
