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% `# i1 h( ]& K( A: ~* D
- 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
By Rob Preece
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. j" I7 x6 i7 ~" R公仔箱論壇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.; E3 x6 D" G" |5 ]! F: w
, r$ G4 |! H( n- D, ~8 `2 S6 ?5.39.217.76The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.5.39.217.76- x/ |& p$ N; B) \% J& S k2 m
$ z& j6 U* E3 l r* a/ Y1 N* m, LPolice 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 peopleTVBNOW 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。- I+ G5 t6 B0 z3 ^) ?0 p: k0 R
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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Rescue 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.
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.; }6 i; X. X( }% \7 }
. F4 T j: {9 }2 D: P/ m* ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.* Q. A7 G& s, [* v
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 2 r. t+ e9 A; @& u2 t8 d1 z* e+ Z
( n, O5 I6 v3 t9 e1 A1 ]$ qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche5.39.217.763 B+ j, Y. g S' U
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal
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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' }7 \* Z$ H% s
/ L8 f8 G- c- h3 {+ i5.39.217.76The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
& d' |* E5 p$ WThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* o) S8 a9 n0 z5 j& P4 {7 G: s
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit6 q' l7 A/ a/ G% q5 k
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! \' p! \& Z `$ \% k3 N* j
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9 ?. x& Q! u! D) i5 H+ U: i5.39.217.76Saved: 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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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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