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
6 k9 D4 v5 E* l& f5.39.217.76- 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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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.
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+ u% O6 D( K: A$ x0 ~Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.5.39.217.769 {4 L' \- y+ t# A, R& p
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* c" y8 b7 h+ Z$ |+ H2 \. n( a# D公仔箱論壇Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche公仔箱論壇2 M! W, M3 |3 g# q" v! J
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9 |6 z* c' Z/ f" F2 H公仔箱論壇Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.TVBNOW 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。' }4 k' e- ?' m5 p1 f5 I
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.# s2 L. I1 @8 D4 o
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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, h; {, ]1 v' v1 d8 K' A6 V; utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal公仔箱論壇3 J" R7 v1 U! T; g, v! O
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 5.39.217.76( S% g4 x; Q" ?" h: g+ N, p
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) D8 F6 s' f+ v Z. Y- f* I& lThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.5.39.217.76' Y; g) V4 m8 m, d4 {6 Y6 r. ]
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit公仔箱論壇9 H/ s3 |6 F" d* Q4 N9 ]
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.公仔箱論壇' L" S! Y0 q0 l' |6 ^: W) ^
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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$ h( i1 E/ x$ m* V& y7 u+ G, I4 i/ k
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |