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 }* y. Z- H+ s6 R9 W# Itvb 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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# f2 S) u9 O+ E$ o, j c V* ~8 o0 ~tvb 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.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。7 f0 b( k9 Q3 f/ ~$ ?; U" B: S
: ?2 Q3 [* z% J3 r5 L: D0 R5.39.217.76The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.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。7 o; g3 v# R% n7 I
% B1 u) c* k% j' ?# C+ XPolice official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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7 {* F: Z3 Q8 L) VTVBNOW 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。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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+ b* l1 e- `0 {' m3 u) x5 REmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
) b8 Y/ B3 u& a6 Z% _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 t5 B2 J/ UTVBNOW 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。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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2 a0 o' t! }7 b' S' _5.39.217.76Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 X6 C5 ]9 D/ [' e, r' T m+ H" ~
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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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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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/ L$ K R- Z' D4 RAirlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal
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' ^% V2 H1 K# Z7 G9 b公仔箱論壇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.
" v+ `# G5 x8 h; g; p% TThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.* {* f: U" G" ^: g7 ]3 A/ b' y
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summitTVBNOW 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。8 T- _7 A$ d* T# v$ d! G0 {7 i
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 wheelchairs公仔箱論壇4 {* q3 V1 ?0 \/ k- j& o. ?: L
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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