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 injured6 [2 B( o, x5 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
By Rob Preece
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& V/ Y: R* \" O" X, _9 s" \3 ~& SAt 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.5.39.217.76: p ?# n% `( Q$ H. S. i
. x3 K8 P A# m0 |7 M8 S/ n# Q( w- z& [The 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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# ]4 D" B6 ^" q. X8 J& N$ r) C: Z/ S/ [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice 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 peopleTVBNOW 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 z: _" Y% [# o i8 r
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$ T- G6 h& ^4 a# AEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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+ s+ h3 w1 |4 H, |: K8 y' L# Q1 [8 ZTVBNOW 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。Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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7 A# c2 c4 J- x$ [- N; z, o( sTenother 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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) o# I+ X' ~! G. w" RRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. - E) ]. U) A. v4 \2 b
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche; r' b2 n( @" ] a2 ~
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal X! \) q t8 ^( n& |" j1 g
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' J( S [+ m8 k. T8 KThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
+ Y- Q$ k3 }8 W6 }% aThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.( T5 ^; Y8 l9 i# J7 y
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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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 wheelchairs- _$ b, B$ ^, `5 |$ f, x7 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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