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! \) T1 [6 S: Z# z3 R2 x$ z3 S
- 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.* y1 m0 K: g8 T( `3 l/ L
2 X2 [8 ^7 x2 C sThe team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb K! ?) S* p# S" A* h, n9 H
" S: D, d. R3 zPolice official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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0 Q# O- | W0 J8 {: O/ T5.39.217.76Shock: 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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0 s9 R6 w) e: a6 A8 C3 g5.39.217.76Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ x. J0 u7 I% z( p1 X# L
3 Z" U+ E( b* y4 x. q, ?& z) JTVBNOW 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。Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇4 _( ^ g; d# g
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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.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。7 r' |7 _& {- k6 k' N! z% G
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.公仔箱論壇* H5 C: F- ?5 H% S) R
1 G* O1 Y+ _# ~& l' DTVBNOW 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。Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche- C" v2 L' d7 K2 K9 r0 v- G
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6 s! L; D: S% A) d6 _ ]$ DAirlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal, P, I0 A9 [% [- I9 |. d c
9 F2 Z; M& f& 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。Weather 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.
+ ? U3 J8 l% S; N1 V8 q公仔箱論壇The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
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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公仔箱論壇, g3 E2 B7 r( u+ d( K* |$ b
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3 F- r e1 Z" {+ m5 KTVBNOW 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。Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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