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 injured5.39.217.76$ T, H3 X2 M# {0 B
- 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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* F' M0 T2 r' O( L) S7 n4 D* m- G; |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.
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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.7 d A% w0 r$ H6 A* Q' `) b
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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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
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[. m1 g/ c/ }, l公仔箱論壇Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' J N2 L% T) @1 f. ]+ a! P
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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.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。 T4 b6 a6 d5 X$ F; w: ^
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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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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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1 H/ g/ v0 u9 e* J0 z. l5 s: vPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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( X, T$ }8 {0 G7 Z$ {公仔箱論壇Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 5.39.217.76( K1 S0 N& k, h8 W
: s* b* Y1 Z+ P& F' DThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! Y& m6 g- d* ?2 P. c$ X
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
! _" P" P) K% |) i5 t+ p; tThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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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 wheelchairstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; d( t& F9 ]# [- k9 a9 w& @0 f
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2 b$ q% ?6 T. x0 n4 W) G5 _5.39.217.76Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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