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公仔箱論壇, E# L& }5 S' x
- 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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* |) k: j4 O! W0 F: W& 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.
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I8 b( \0 h/ s6 p" C6 F& aThe team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.5.39.217.76* ]% Y- d% \3 `( L! Z1 z
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.5 C# R- a b7 G5 o. m& ^
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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) T9 ?4 T. Z) j: G6 s+ {& M
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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。3 h( E2 h8 R |3 k c/ H# j% M
$ P% S! |, D0 m' `Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.( I: ]" d7 p0 I8 v
8 H4 P" ~3 `: o L- X9 A% I7 K1 ^) lTenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 m- ]$ r2 ^ z; c7 P; Q( {
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.5.39.217.765 N/ l8 M: c+ A2 J* e; V
: R- Q4 V$ P3 B8 u8 v" e 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. 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。9 [$ c) o e+ g a3 l, N
9 a0 D7 Q# A# t' P5.39.217.76Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal公仔箱論壇" {. l* `, h+ z- C
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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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) j* K: h' r% H Y+ {3 z+ A公仔箱論壇The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.5.39.217.76' ^! I; h0 D, V( b6 \( h
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.公仔箱論壇( S2 N. ]. \& k
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit公仔箱論壇 `3 j5 s4 j" _7 e. m a* ]) _
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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2 l5 C7 ]+ ?3 d7 C5.39.217.76Saved: 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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