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公仔箱論壇: A, `, \8 F+ x% w' ^& R
- 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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The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.6 Q8 S' U+ R2 E0 z* L
?! D1 c0 Y# oTVBNOW 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。Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇5 u- @) @4 i) r& ?. T2 B" g8 b: k
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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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% I. r) y( q3 y( e5.39.217.76Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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7 s% g' @& h0 b5.39.217.76Rescue 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.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。& `+ w- W( d/ m$ K
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.公仔箱論壇' Z: g) j1 p* Q. y0 [
" I) Q: S1 s5 y2 U+ ?tvb 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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" |, O( ]7 G) D) [& H公仔箱論壇Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 5.39.217.76/ o6 F( e6 G7 }8 N% E& k( \
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! z9 X3 q; j: v( a5.39.217.76Airlifted: 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) l4 ?7 T, h; I z% Y3 t
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
' Z$ h% G1 L- |: wThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.5.39.217.765 U4 z% H+ }( P$ G8 l) y
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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0 P L) H8 I- z; ~ T; YSaved: 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/ S& ~+ D/ G$ E
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