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 injured1 F+ @. F8 F: Y* n" T
- 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
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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.# C1 V& [$ R4 H! q# t
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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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7 m( k3 w& @ I' L/ Q/ j K公仔箱論壇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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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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' b0 w0 u$ d$ m: C$ c( z4 y公仔箱論壇Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇: S. I1 T# v* a0 e9 m6 N
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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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* P3 J$ p* _. S8 [) h5 otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.% y Y# _3 C/ R5 c# `& o3 X/ t/ Y
/ V* X0 O" }, `8 N, gtvb 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! T" l3 P% q" H9 G. x' ?9 f# wPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 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。3 I! c8 s! a+ Q& j3 }) C* N f
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal1 H% b+ [# ?2 d$ B
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said.
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" ]7 k3 `# P; v" ?公仔箱論壇The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.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。% `- i/ p* ?/ c4 B
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.公仔箱論壇. o. z& k! {2 A6 i$ z7 e& W8 M
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit0 }, j6 |" G/ ]* q6 G7 |3 V
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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$ d6 ^+ D& K4 x7 L+ ]Saved: 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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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |