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 injuredTVBNOW 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。: t1 c) z9 e: j8 X# u
- 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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" a7 Q7 W) b' K' x, ^) R; Y# A+ HAt 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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) l9 i) ^3 l- i u" \" k2 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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8 w% C, c" i1 P9 B: KTVBNOW 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.
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$ X2 v* [3 I; G* ^& Z1 l( 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, x T# @( q0 C7 [- j: [- p( @$ i
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.5 x' @+ N0 a* L+ ^+ v8 H, `; M ?
, N4 o) a3 I: xTVBNOW 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。Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.* ~) X" a1 v+ o
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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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$ v3 I" W- R% G" y9 I$ |' YTVBNOW 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。 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 B; d. G" ]5 X) g' o8 C3 m6 V3 K
/ d' D0 Z6 J. P- e) I4 OPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 3 P; g( [/ O7 u1 F( i9 r' F
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 a5 A' {8 ~" t5 K. ~+ K
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal5.39.217.76% Q9 t6 q1 s8 J
- d( w8 a! D+ O8 X5 o, Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 J8 ?4 k7 O. Q) o7 U) J, p& Z
+ \+ _' M* x6 O5 P2 j/ Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* \ M/ E7 f3 L/ N1 W
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.2 K- f7 b. \4 B+ F! a8 D Q
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit5.39.217.767 o# W0 X2 z2 S) l- ]' N! \
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0 f, Z0 w5 n# l; P) E
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |