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 injured7 ~6 c7 M0 L% m
- 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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! T' p ?+ g) Y5 Ztvb 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.
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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.公仔箱論壇- Y' t. u* c* m# x9 r
l7 `, s) _9 i* G h& {Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.5.39.217.76/ F( q0 }+ V- Z- t! e
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. L e' Y! D! h0 |! U5.39.217.76Shock: 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 avalanche
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇; L, f; }8 y7 l+ n: h, R( V; S4 S) M4 j
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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+ R1 x% ~: z+ |3 ]7 R3 x9 }9 a
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ N4 t4 m1 D4 t1 B
% {' w K4 T Y: O itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.5.39.217.76- ^2 T0 z9 r, [! j
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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# ~- i3 W& h1 e5.39.217.76Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepaltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 B# h. B8 D1 I. ~3 q1 ~3 V
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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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) h* t# U0 x9 R, R6 S" x/ IThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.5.39.217.76; ?& a7 a1 t$ \* x/ \8 C
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high. V( |$ ]& J( E' d, b- T
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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& k: X5 r' s+ h+ q. o5 bSaved: 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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