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' h4 A7 [+ {5 H8 B
- 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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6 k$ [) G# h6 J0 j itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAt 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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% o' H( W* t, O# mThe 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.5.39.217.76, P, k0 D2 [# @* C
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0 F: s( h5 q2 W. f2 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShock: 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 avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) e4 n5 ~9 i* p5 i
4 m, l! k; v+ n4 p4 h公仔箱論壇Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.9 C7 S, d2 A6 t* `6 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.公仔箱論壇+ ^- X, _6 y( ]& v$ T' `
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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" v4 V t5 q, |2 f/ p
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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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* R" h& f. B2 d6 ~; G8 Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. # L6 Y" c9 B$ x
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
7 F! ?* ]9 Y3 s" e) `' ^, i1 @The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.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。5 y1 ~ _3 t# ]5 P2 E/ `* l4 }
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit公仔箱論壇8 Z( f4 X- ~* g, l% ]! b8 P0 g( D
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1 @2 I5 z" [0 P) K! g: Z& s# z
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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