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。2 W0 f! k$ l' q% }+ Y4 q
- 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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( }$ V" M0 l& I0 vAt 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* C) R8 {4 }) d. d' ~% N3 Jtvb 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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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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# L6 L: Q" P% }5 o/ K5 C5 {Shock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people$ \ Z9 `2 q7 d% N6 B& E T" }
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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.公仔箱論壇5 f+ S/ y; r: z! O: F @
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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9 A; o0 @6 M) x( A# ?$ 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 u* A; C# x# c, a$ ^6 _
# N A* X" c1 i/ htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# x. F( b' ], {2 B0 P; p
. U0 _5 N. k5 DPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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8 J. {* O4 q1 j$ b# }5.39.217.76Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal% |$ Q2 T3 ]! L. @) Q
5 ?8 s- `6 ]+ N8 q' C! P/ PTVBNOW 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。Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said.
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% ]" u( j4 E `' j3 O! T- _( qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
5 V1 x( B9 j" [1 t; f+ V, a( X# s5.39.217.76The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.5.39.217.76/ x3 ~* z0 A L) z) j
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit7 F# ?8 h& h+ X
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.5.39.217.76 c, q2 N* h; y s$ v5 C3 ]! O
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|7 L/ M' P& a5 Y5 K* TSaved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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