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
- r2 L* ]8 s/ `" h/ {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- 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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) w: v" ]$ s" W! r) f: D公仔箱論壇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.2 _, l0 O* |7 n7 I( }
0 i& k7 l1 f0 F6 d hTVBNOW 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。The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.2 V8 X, D2 b: U' J4 {
; V y+ z0 E4 I' \7 A# V公仔箱論壇Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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% g7 i4 ]( m" I! V8 y: g) E1 OShock: 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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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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# q K+ n& S/ H& B. d/ l) ?+ B+ i7 }Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇/ t2 [, M' A6 D; z+ R4 Y' [/ q
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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" f7 \( d. w' G
3 T2 u* f( ^$ J公仔箱論壇Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 P8 M3 Z! Z0 p8 P
* O, {1 T0 w2 t6 t; tHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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2 j! W, o- x: i3 X; q$ Y: N5 M5.39.217.76Airlifted: 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.
& ~1 h, }4 v. A2 \! H/ ~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。The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
# o( O( w+ [" V* c% O1 {公仔箱論壇They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
0 p/ l# W, ?" i Z: Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs; U! d! l1 \5 p8 W3 w) K
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( f5 E7 {, w: f1 e" N& U6 ~( C- PSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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