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
1 f, e6 N: _. P6 p9 G' I6 Vtvb 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
By Rob Preece
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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.5.39.217.763 E9 B9 Z2 W# G& ]( d& @
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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.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。 ~- W9 q/ D. } O; `
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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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* }( N: Z3 Z' j; t7 eTenother 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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+ m9 K9 J: o; _& E+ FRescuepilot 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. 5.39.217.76) S( R. P% [% d

& O7 z) K9 k; _# nHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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' U/ W A) o, H& z) ]2 q# @5.39.217.76Airlifted: 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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4 ?! P( i! H0 m6 k/ AThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
$ F/ E1 J; [" F( ?& X' C8 D% Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
) {- G) b+ T1 H0 j5 iThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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) ?7 i: M/ ^* `9 w! i8 O公仔箱論壇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 |