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
$ x8 n. m/ `+ F; v, A- f5.39.217.76- 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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4 w4 n- {% @0 P0 c) k& A5.39.217.76At 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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: \% h; Y& p8 l; }2 H' }: j! w5.39.217.76The 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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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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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( x, J6 _" M4 {4 a6 M
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' K% u7 f2 c% {5 d) IEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche2 m% ^9 Y; e; ? W) H
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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% K+ E, T6 l# G2 \$ OTenother 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.
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- u* P2 i7 l# o) ]$ ?3 N4 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs., ]# I% k/ R# r
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: A6 i1 N. ?5 U/ j7 Q公仔箱論壇Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalancheTVBNOW 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。, J* V0 w7 B6 d% y2 Q
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# f* s9 u" y& d: N8 N8 e* mAirlifted: 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.
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
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They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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2 ]$ C* w# e. z9 r2 mSaved: 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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; Y7 L3 E1 |2 ]4 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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