Nine climbers dead in Himalayas avalance as it hits French and German team as they prepared to reach mountain summit with a further four people missing and five injured) j6 x, R( z- {% R# r* B$ f
- Disaster happened on Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal
- Nepalese guide understood to be among the dead
- Injured were airlifted to safety by helicopter
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At least nine climbers were killed today and another six were reported missing after they were hit by an avalanche on the world's eighth-highest mountain.5.39.217.76# M. \* d+ X, p! K6 K
7 j7 Y1 K# m1 @6 x1 e+ }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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Shock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalancheTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。" v2 e1 Y1 U8 Z5 F
7 g$ U% |0 x5 h) w G# g6 D7 z5.39.217.76Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 Q) G7 n* s! x7 y8 n( Y$ b
* i1 U w2 `& Q' y1 c& eRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.5.39.217.76" [! V3 {, e s3 T* i9 }
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.9 G) I9 i. I( V3 I3 U7 T4 k
+ p$ }' y( o/ s5.39.217.76Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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6 |* K$ l% y! C k4 M- \: l1 ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche+ M$ {; n% j" h5 o8 |: m
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3 f; M* K6 {8 s* k$ AAirlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern NepalTVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。% }1 n1 A6 ~; C3 J2 c# H4 @
& }% z* p) S$ M- b& r& N公仔箱論壇Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 公仔箱論壇, t' A/ k; Z/ b
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.& p4 S7 L. {- a# B5 v
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.3 j" n& q* K& E
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
) S" y/ Y1 U0 B0 x9 H% W7 F( hIt is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs
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6 A4 U3 R( C- M6 c5 B( I6 e- MSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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