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( l+ ~ m% o! e- A$ k, {/ a& h
- 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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o% y3 o7 {" F1 J, cAt 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- _/ S' z! qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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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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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" }% i. n; G7 e- ~- O, r# u
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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; B' I5 Z& k; F1 k6 @7 h# q0 |, l4 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.
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; Q% ^0 C1 S% N& D6 y1 X公仔箱論壇 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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5 W8 R" t6 p; @3 B% ]Pasang 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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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.5.39.217.76' L5 G: E0 k/ R5 Q' R$ A
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high." P2 W8 i" n3 Z6 ~! R
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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3 A0 a% X8 \0 _& D7 T. ATVBNOW 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。Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairsTVBNOW 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。6 q* r% ~1 A9 Z5 d6 p
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |