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
" w- \+ {# y9 g3 e- U% j- 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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* {; n4 a: U7 l2 {; Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAt 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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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公仔箱論壇; y* ?$ I0 F+ p
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalancheTVBNOW 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。" A U* M8 P/ b
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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.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。* n" d8 \4 d8 M# }
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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,bttvb5 ~, r% B0 S) V9 Y" d R( b4 r
$ J- S$ M, m1 ?) D6 V They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.5.39.217.76* k4 S: o+ x! h' A
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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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0 O! _8 i9 ?* ?4 K8 a; T/ G3 rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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( t, i R/ V! `. B% Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAirlifted: 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. 5.39.217.76* l4 Z, O, e7 ^+ Y' n
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.公仔箱論壇! M7 t: N* B/ M* B/ z# T
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.5.39.217.76) N% T. V. [4 S! P, c2 D3 v2 ]& Z
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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5 {8 X, Y1 y3 y1 ~& s/ h& `Saved: 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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