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
. e X! K( l4 a9 t- p( h% _1 u8 {- 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., H: l+ i' R9 ?6 i
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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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' `! `- \+ c) A1 u" w& Z3 x- J- h& ETVBNOW 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。Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇( U0 v2 R- H6 d+ G% B4 i3 R: B L* I
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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 people
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, F7 A' L% J+ [* Z( E$ s) z d0 n; DEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche2 Z- W# ` N' J
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 g6 `1 }% |9 d& Q- h1 l) ?! T
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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 w$ c. W# m( p0 s0 {: b3 Y0 Q, d- G公仔箱論壇Rescuepilot 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. 公仔箱論壇9 j% P/ C) x: @9 M/ O6 {# D5 l( V
# ?& A7 P' u$ ?2 x) t& g& K1 G公仔箱論壇Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 公仔箱論壇7 [) C! L1 v8 |" I6 u- J$ v: k
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
# }: \% J$ u3 @The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.5.39.217.76, h# W0 q( ~1 `, F8 _
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
2 d ]* X" v3 _, o! X, KIt is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.公仔箱論壇3 }/ D1 X% Z0 z( i$ J1 w2 ^
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/ u3 P" d2 r, ?Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs8 S; e5 U2 }9 P' s& d$ \
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& A% G. a- K6 d公仔箱論壇Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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