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
4 w: n/ a) @7 g$ 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$ [" D, J* I; ~! P& I- MAt 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.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。( G6 Q5 [5 B4 Q& X$ T) B
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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.! r, f9 L, \* R( V' i
1 i v \9 A3 I5.39.217.76Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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: j+ Q: j- n2 T4 U) ~; MShock: 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 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。) i1 M. v+ j. _+ U5 J3 t
. h1 t1 i$ X' lRescue 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.公仔箱論壇: _5 R. P9 g) ?. `
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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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: j4 |, r+ I- R) U+ F) sTVBNOW 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。 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.公仔箱論壇# n6 @, v+ ~! ~) u3 k9 u
% M) y6 o9 R% q' ~# l, y公仔箱論壇Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. " Z9 C8 ]! v8 b
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the 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。7 j! }6 `, e' v- t% L
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9 j$ u' n: @; f7 \1 gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAirlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal5.39.217.76: H% ?0 ? B% e& w$ Z
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. - }8 E5 [! C+ _3 M, T
' F" `7 H6 L: Q6 {$ H+ X公仔箱論壇The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
# Q5 T- x/ {/ O- V" `The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.公仔箱論壇 V$ l; Z6 `+ R0 m; u
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summittvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 e5 X6 V z; b+ w5 C4 a
It 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 wheelchairs5 J( P$ w2 r% W
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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