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& V( n ^0 X% M2 W' _
- 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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6 [. `, X3 m+ a5.39.217.76Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& W) Q0 k3 |" y, c5 `( R$ }
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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 people5.39.217.765 Q8 ?; s2 Y0 O8 b. f8 E9 I
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$ z$ G B' n: Z2 Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche公仔箱論壇+ M4 L# q& ?$ i0 M3 p! H
% H8 C8 U0 M5 k3 xRescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇/ C% ]! t3 ]- _# ?! |7 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.5.39.217.764 u/ y* p6 q, G: d L7 E
9 K+ {7 _0 l, I0 @+ W! ?4 X公仔箱論壇 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.5.39.217.76* S( l& n9 P0 F |) A
" j J0 J+ e! ~! W" y5.39.217.76Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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1 Z0 U4 ~, v, m1 k$ c3 X3 ~7 T5.39.217.76Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche) E, f' O# }, d) s7 \* X
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said.
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.- q( v4 v+ N/ \( _+ W
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 b$ d" d& a2 g- @' z+ c
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit5.39.217.767 w4 o: H; H. V( }. @3 Y1 x6 a
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
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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