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
2 _% x \/ C# A5.39.217.76- 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
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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.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. _. i7 X7 |* [
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 g6 [0 ?5 t u; _
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. O( x7 i2 R: N" r8 ], V, w
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" i/ y- {+ D! E5 n& lShock: 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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F/ `) K' l# ~; X) mEmergency: 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.9 }( G% M+ i& H2 \$ C* d
* |9 w$ {0 z7 |3 _4 c5.39.217.76Tenother 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。2 W# n2 l4 {' ~, ^$ J
8 Q( h. u, N2 k) h7 o8 { r5.39.217.76Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.5.39.217.76" U# O0 ?# X; Y' M% Y1 Z- D6 n& ?% H
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.5.39.217.76' g i8 u2 Q& N" [1 T( n
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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 avalanche7 ?# Z$ @0 b l+ p1 A
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/ M: {0 o/ L1 h1 s8 e; N& dWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. - N6 Q" \, U8 d! t4 ^
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
* s8 P& S ^1 F, W9 u5.39.217.76The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
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It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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2 ?$ L6 W {! O2 I公仔箱論壇Saved: 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8 q+ V1 a( i+ F! O
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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