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
0 S* z( K) _9 ]* k; C1 @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- 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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: q. i- l' H, d ^% k/ h0 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAt 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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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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1 u% J6 S K% y5 _6 I/ Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people公仔箱論壇2 H9 m6 `7 O$ i# Z; }$ U
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5 J4 r$ ]9 ~/ a$ o# S( q5 vEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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Rescue 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。5 M! x* Z7 e9 h1 r5 \+ D5 O
2 |4 ~( _1 R4 b2 E4 l公仔箱論壇Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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- n$ [# m3 K+ L3 P. P They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" }8 P. S& E- K! m
$ i8 k) e; a0 _6 r DPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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, e7 n2 k# t$ l' L) s7 a$ cHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche5.39.217.76: }8 K0 I3 _2 R9 f0 H( k7 V
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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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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar 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。8 z* ~- f3 _. P- {- y. Z2 ?2 G
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
- a9 Z7 W0 [! C: k i9 h4 K5 H" GThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.& R& q& x. a f1 x# s" b5 b# H
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit公仔箱論壇 l" l' e" `- _; p1 r! c/ w/ A
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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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 wheelchairsTVBNOW 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。0 a3 f3 M0 v/ g8 _, X8 ]
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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