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 injuredtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# E/ i8 n! X. \- n) i; C$ \+ \8 \
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.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。- x. z+ X Q3 G1 @) [! ~# Z* n; }9 D$ R
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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. 6 `* W5 m T6 b+ j1 B- MTVBNOW 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 }1 [; k- V$ l u: O9 ]3 s, k- T
Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered. + P5 F8 t1 k) {' j+ w 0 `1 B( Q' p' P/ G$ C/ _9 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。 , Z/ E! [, r0 J) r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+ J! p* a& M5 T: Y8 B! s
3 }2 P5 M0 V/ }. K* D2 L公仔箱論壇 ( d- h3 I# }9 s5 TTVBNOW 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。Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche公仔箱論壇: y3 ~" h( O, H. q' o% }" i- @
, B! l1 f2 D) K- |) z' _5 ]4 k! {& nRescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇2 b7 W, [0 ^2 ^- x
* g; ? Z* }# F$ w" ?Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said. ; N, T1 C; Q1 Y+ Z% Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: t; R: V+ F. O
Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.公仔箱論壇0 N& O# Y) i* r# `9 E0 s' R1 n+ w
) H5 q$ \1 D q6 y& ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.公仔箱論壇$ b' p: a4 x5 Y8 p" s1 h
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. - s$ I: O# _, y+ ]# PTVBNOW 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。9 o0 Z' S2 t, t
Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ y( q2 u2 N' j5 O( P+ r3 y6 H
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern NepalTVBNOW 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。( C5 t6 T/ E7 m5 w+ m
8 H' L. b0 k' i0 F- p* [/ \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。Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 3 A1 o8 y6 N' A& m! U/ RTVBNOW 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。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。$ h! P- ^5 L2 {$ Z6 j7 m& O2 f
The identities of the victims were still being confirmed. 4 ]" T2 ^4 N D4 q9 U4 U5.39.217.76The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high. & E+ V5 ]4 L: Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit公仔箱論壇$ o% ~9 ^$ @: \3 @5 ~6 G( W: ^
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.公仔箱論壇7 s% W' {+ O. f. \3 D8 Y
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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