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
; W/ I& a5 P) |0 \, Z公仔箱論壇- 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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7 h7 d) _: n3 N7 `* \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。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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, N7 U3 h) h. w1 t* l6 j2 cTVBNOW 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。The 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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) O+ S5 [5 x# L) @0 j6 W, @! TEmergency: 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.5.39.217.76; _8 o" i- ^9 B6 K: f
7 {- F/ W% Q' uTenother 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.; L& P. l4 _+ g
9 e8 @1 N2 v% t8 |, \2 t6 ^4 k. btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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( P4 [0 U0 v% e: L+ h: u2 M+ U& T4 a公仔箱論壇Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" C+ b: \5 g8 h' a( b
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the 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。7 D) h% j) x2 ?6 d, Q1 {6 @* o
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal4 B' n% R1 \# o' M5 x, U0 E/ `
7 B8 j, u* l2 m* O5.39.217.76Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said.
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.5 O! \# F6 y* A5 ^' c
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.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。+ ~$ N4 {& [4 S$ T3 I+ f+ k
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
' o8 w, G8 p4 C5 B g- S% w5.39.217.76It 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 wheelchairsTVBNOW 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 }% i# J+ M( q# v7 W% f8 H
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |