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 { [, i# J! U6 C" s公仔箱論壇- 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.3 W# X# m; M; U! v" f+ I F
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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.
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.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。2 e+ h ~ ~' o$ B, H) O
/ o! @9 S: @" h8 UTenother 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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( V& {. C H: I$ m1 `- I; X5.39.217.76Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.) c! o. Q( h6 j6 V6 }3 Y
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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. 公仔箱論壇 \8 [9 e5 t4 Q" K5 K/ \( Y7 s9 n6 ?
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" p& @) Z0 M9 g" F
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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' F/ M" ]$ C8 g: d
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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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/ o8 I, q6 o9 N( EThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.) Q$ l r* K& }( l0 y) T
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
3 r* L5 u) R2 V9 OIt is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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, K( o8 J4 l$ n6 F2 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSaved: 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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8 n3 P! d1 @7 A6 g1 l. B2 ~5.39.217.76Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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