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
: ^) T$ W G1 C# U% p- 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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$ Q2 P+ N! z# w& U% y; O' ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAt 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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. k3 X+ x! f1 i% H2 b% ptvb 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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8 d' H6 ~ k$ }( I' PPolice official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇' ^& t7 h3 W# X$ O) k- \* r
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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。7 |/ ]) j6 F6 x" x# s' k
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche* H$ H; h+ G/ ?% P
% G6 x; z+ e$ N" |5.39.217.76Rescue 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.
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9 m% o* {( H0 P( ~7 Z5 t% w5 ETVBNOW 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。Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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* N9 ~" P1 C$ y1 q0 p公仔箱論壇 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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- n' ?% @3 i0 E1 K& G公仔箱論壇Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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! J0 A( |8 G' h9 F% {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAirlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal5.39.217.76( A% Y5 k+ N* v# f) l, a
( R0 S1 M6 V# ? K/ l/ `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。Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar 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。" s: b6 s1 O7 |- c# D
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
9 l2 p4 f2 X! e+ ^1 @# Q5.39.217.76The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
; I7 c: d" v+ t; g! z9 LThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit Z- u a1 q# T- x( {% }% H
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$ d' ^1 T) ^) T: oSaved: 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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