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" a" v$ c7 C; k- L
- 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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. i1 `/ e" Z r+ U( 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.公仔箱論壇# X2 Z, }/ j, A9 X0 N, u
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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.
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.( m$ [9 @7 p! T! U, g
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( Z. R* r! s% a5 KShock: 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0 Z7 P! @ w: T: _2 y
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/ s0 C+ N ?! N8 X, `% p- Z5.39.217.76Emergency: 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.
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0 N( V! [( t3 Z5 m" }* A) DRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.公仔箱論壇* q* M% F! A; E+ i: G( _! q" u! U7 E+ Z
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. _, \ O0 T! U* i# P
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche公仔箱論壇8 ^$ L- L8 |# a7 `
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& Y2 Z, e+ g4 b# K: J9 c5.39.217.76Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern NepalTVBNOW 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。- u& v! f1 {' [, T+ y
" e% j; ^5 s+ h' m- }) QWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. # l7 r# J {' l
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The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
8 C+ I5 r8 f/ }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit1 C) f- U f3 G
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.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 b5 {2 G! C! K' b
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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 wheelchairs5.39.217.764 d6 M* Y+ Q6 V# k9 |6 d S. I
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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