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
* M# c' a# C* [" z+ l& z公仔箱論壇- 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.
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: F( L/ _) S8 \+ x& r5.39.217.76The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.
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2 N1 v9 v% L3 u/ ?) J5.39.217.76Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.! s6 E9 y' h, g& Q; k
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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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Emergency: 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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; q( O% p) T; a* _7 ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.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。9 G$ L o' f9 L6 f
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.公仔箱論壇1 B$ H2 ?" D) C5 r
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 S; i+ r8 n9 x! I
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. ; P, n3 x, ]" G& A
* r' d) I- H. K4 nHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche公仔箱論壇; e8 x3 z0 E/ }9 Y& q
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4 n5 w; F! B( i% G* d6 ~/ b; s: z: ^ \公仔箱論壇Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal
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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.
9 W4 h8 O4 R* ]! ~* z公仔箱論壇The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
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$ j" Y2 J) m( Q: N$ ` oIt 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。8 S9 @/ \2 R9 |: D( S
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6 z. l0 s' q( o2 c& O公仔箱論壇Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs5.39.217.76( N$ s$ A! Y7 I
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( b: v5 t, c! r8 U9 y5 p# Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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