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
" @0 h T5 j" s" Z( S+ j u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
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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.5.39.217.76. j, q0 H( Y5 o$ w4 a4 l. q/ P
- Z) b( Y' b- A2 ^6 U0 f8 t3 l; W/ Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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# ?: |: v8 i O Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇3 Z9 j: p/ x0 g! @+ R
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" Q1 M3 T# \$ J* M' c8 o+ YShock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people2 D7 y2 ?6 z! h) j. b
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* v8 F8 D) R$ p4 Q$ F% }1 u3 r( Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche/ |# W+ b) E5 F/ L9 {4 q
* M6 e& \6 n# a7 J' @5 C; Q% p# }Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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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。# W' J, W" A* v! \) V4 o; B' ~8 H
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.) I$ S4 h+ U& l7 [# R
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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.
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, N9 |, S: T0 D) C$ N7 K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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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal
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' H% e( G q) z* u+ `7 } wWeather 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.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。" D" B6 q+ {# F( z" F+ P1 k
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) q6 }" R% ^$ t. `7 `
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
6 x3 r8 [& e) v7 g; `: X/ Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |