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
9 P. |+ c. \* t3 f公仔箱論壇- 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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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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Police 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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& ]: I9 P) }# _1 Z) X公仔箱論壇Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche! }/ y$ P Q8 D6 _9 p. ]
5 n" ~" o" {. V, y5 hRescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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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.
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; l" [/ U0 V8 }& t5 @Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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6 ?8 Z* B& C7 d" d0 w. D- vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.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。6 B+ R, f& S$ ?; K R+ Z) m
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 公仔箱論壇" p' g' g8 h0 J- L) q- g
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche8 R4 j# j" U9 K, k& N/ Z
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepaltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ Y6 n, H ~: n0 }/ G- x/ t, @
" |- R" S& Z' D! gWeather 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.5.39.217.761 d" p6 |' K& E1 L6 E2 W9 Q
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.! N k: P6 K3 F, l& ]+ B8 r
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
8 \( O1 w* a4 v* ~$ m/ |It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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[: k6 E) {" T3 VSaved: 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 |