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
) Q6 q$ L" C2 ?- w8 y- 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.5.39.217.76, U0 W- U% ^3 j3 o2 f
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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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% f2 a: w, ]1 t" Q" Y1 A( RPolice official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.5.39.217.768 J K& _ n$ I2 ~1 M7 c$ Z' b
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( p! k" Q) x) v* b2 |tvb 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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/ D( A; m& @/ R' `6 r4 I& Z公仔箱論壇Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche公仔箱論壇 C4 K1 g0 t& u
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" @" F1 D4 s6 |7 w Q' B0 ]Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said. l4 ]! ]* k, ^; a5 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.
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/ @0 _( c; X. s6 {# r3 O) B( T5.39.217.76 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.
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: \" u' X* X5 E0 B: ^ {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.
, o6 W6 J) _# s* y2 m D; `% K7 @The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.+ T5 r1 }) z" j, M
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit9 H$ H8 j: u5 Y; ~1 ^2 s9 G! ~
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* q7 }* C. k: m+ L( rSaved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs0 R! V4 N$ j" N. X1 U+ z1 }
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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