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 injured5.39.217.76+ ^/ @2 Y7 x: X3 {8 m
- 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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$ v0 D* w" \6 K7 J) h" z5.39.217.76The 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.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。1 c1 y9 y1 M& R4 g2 a7 u; @
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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 peopletvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! x$ W4 [8 [7 V, W; _7 ?* m. u
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 N+ p/ u# [4 k& R) `
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- F1 @; L l/ Q
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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.6 D, W& i. f, w
$ d2 z4 s$ z8 ?3 T$ m3 HRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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9 S. g! } t! P# N) F They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.$ D0 e5 N0 f: q4 a; ~ V1 y/ E
! _* B1 N1 u7 JPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 r/ g ^/ F" s5 W; `8 p
. `* q; H/ c% `+ H. ~1 F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。) a/ X, k( n. I& C+ y7 ]
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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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% z( I, x/ b( `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said.
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% ?9 A/ X# k8 Y Q6 y公仔箱論壇The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
, p! K: g+ K& a, y/ B9 x ^) d公仔箱論壇The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.5.39.217.76( K) B6 i* z0 b7 g1 P
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
: `& u) p9 ]! g- C6 f4 W5.39.217.76It 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 wheelchairs5.39.217.76/ `5 n( c6 i2 K' o6 p. ]$ {0 @
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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