Shahbaz Khan, who was employed in Saudi Arabia as a telephone tower operator, died in the Rub’ al Khali desert as his GPS stranded him. (Image: X)
Shahbaz Khan of Telangana’s Karimnagar got stranded in Rub’ al Khali desert which is one of the most dangerous deserts in the world.
Shahbaz Khan, a 27-year-old man from Telangana, and his coworker in Saudi Arabia died after getting stranded in one of the most dangerous deserts in the world, the Rub’ al Khali, following a GPS malfunction during an assignment.
The vehicle the Karimnagar resident was using also ran out of fuel. Khan, who has been working in Saudi Arabia for the past three years, was employed as a tower technician with a telecom company in the Al Hasa region.
The incident happened last week when he set out with a colleague on a routine assignment. A GPS error led him and his coworker deep into the Rub’ al Khali desert, which spans across four countries.
They found themselves in rough, arid and unforgiving desert terrain without the GPS device. They could not reach out to anybody or dial emergency numbers because their phones were not in network coverage and had no signals.
Rub al-Khali, also known as the Empty Quarter, is one of the world’s largest sand deserts, spanning four countries in the Arabian Peninsula – Saudi Arabia, Oman, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
The bodies of both men were found on August 22, four days after they had set for on their assignment. A report by broadcaster NDTV said the bodies of the two men were found under the dunes next to their vehicle.
The report said both men died due to starvation and dehydration.
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