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
# _% P9 }0 _3 n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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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.3 y* M1 h( h/ o
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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. u, O2 N' Z, p: G8 l
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.- a1 G4 m6 l3 }% G, G
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4 Z9 l- e1 z$ h9 I3 F% @Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 j n$ S o, e
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.( W- G6 z) F w. y$ I+ L8 b/ ^
7 d6 z* M0 y( e( z) Q- z- N0 Z; ITenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& }0 U6 E5 ^4 i! o# V- I) P3 ~
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.3 H! p( o% I/ r3 a3 A: P0 U
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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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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公仔箱論壇! J+ K- s- W# q3 i
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
& K- `( m+ A+ x# I6 M' n5.39.217.76The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 J+ v7 z7 h# N$ E
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit公仔箱論壇; ?4 v. M) D1 h+ `% W* U; f5 I( {" W
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season. ~6 n: q T; A& b: s( C* s2 b
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! S+ w0 x& C7 W3 [+ `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSaved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" e' u+ I; _% Z) [
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# R7 j A Y" bSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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