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 m- m4 X4 }1 E0 R% u
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. / @$ D- Z! O1 P+ | ( \0 z! ^* t0 `& J8 }1 }公仔箱論壇The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.; l. C3 t" r# M G# I
$ H5 v( K. _) s' d$ UTVBNOW 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。Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇4 J2 j" e+ p% Z: Q8 W
& Q( x4 H# Y/ X# Q$ `8 f 4 V! J- B/ W q公仔箱論壇Shock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people ' F, u! g9 m# i1 t; G! W5.39.217.76$ \- P+ C1 _( z `, g 5.39.217.76- P+ T$ g5 m6 h9 M
Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche ( r8 [8 `" z, `% Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb / T1 i3 O: U8 _4 P) ?$ U$ vTVBNOW 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。Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 k6 I8 D0 I; I# C" T
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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。) a4 z/ H' ]% k5 C0 L& L3 u
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu. 2 z. @# O% W' z& }- j6 l V1 s x* }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇( K; f$ u- b; L+ A6 x' Z
They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs. 6 Z5 L D; @- P. Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇" W' ~) j% | H' z* H0 a
Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% C' P* j+ \8 ~3 E9 A # \' h8 G* K. T- w$ g. Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche ' w* Z) K/ m0 s' K2 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , |( Z* E' q9 Y2 Y5 P公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇+ }- v" U6 a8 `9 `0 `3 m* K
Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal : O# v5 X7 `- H5.39.217.76 ; W0 n2 J5 I) s; gWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 5.39.217.76 X9 E6 E/ S# Q% G
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed. 5 i2 e, `/ t9 u; a8 XThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.5.39.217.76$ D) i3 h6 {% c0 M( l3 b7 {! v
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit公仔箱論壇8 D+ I+ t& o# c5 r/ [* p; i
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.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。4 y, d r4 W9 h3 i9 \7 y
5.39.217.76! E% c6 x" d% T6 X: J - K: U1 w& E, a0 C; H5 q" NTVBNOW 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。Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs - P e" `( W2 X/ ~0 G公仔箱論壇 & U/ A2 R4 K8 {. A3 V+ [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ! x$ O# `! f! e& y% ^6 {1 f* K- l4 dTVBNOW 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。Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal作者: kmarstar 時間: 2012-9-25 06:30 PM
基本上死在上面!屍體是不會運下來的!聽說聖母峰的登山路徑上就可以看到不少山難的遺體!3 f$ L4 I6 J& C