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公仔箱論壇: g! ?2 T: P8 s# K# \2 I7 v0 y
- 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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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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+ M4 F# D$ J' W! T5.39.217.76The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.0 s& w, f3 q! M5 P4 j4 L
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇: m) h8 i& H6 L+ E
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2 a% W3 t: d2 B9 eShock: 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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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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4 h* ~2 K& @, L6 L6 S8 ]Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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- F% A' }5 \" B9 Q* kTenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.. J* @- w7 v. h! ~
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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4 |0 A$ ?: e4 Q5.39.217.76 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.+ Z4 j+ W5 t: f1 e: v7 E7 ?2 k
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 5.39.217.76" M; n' N2 ?# V2 q7 a7 W& O
. ~$ k" [; k" J, Z; G' YHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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+ [6 p ~" C/ m+ }6 W) W, Z公仔箱論壇Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal公仔箱論壇9 j! r0 T, Z) d n% i+ f) L
1 Z$ R" U" |& ~* o+ U5.39.217.76Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 公仔箱論壇3 a" }) g, ]4 k' a. I5 c* w; q
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.5 ]& j( t1 m9 F5 O j* r
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
. B# a5 E# t8 c) h" ^; ]5.39.217.76They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
" G: ^! w' ~% O公仔箱論壇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 wheelchairs公仔箱論壇, C+ y6 Z2 ~: L" s# S! p2 I0 ?6 f
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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