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 u1 [9 y7 h4 O5 \' `& n
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 4 Q- M& Y/ P# U , d) `4 \6 S: h4 H4 x+ a0 `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. - N4 A W. z$ M1 Q8 l5.39.217.767 I( D$ W' X6 S+ ~ i" L
The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal. 0 X& c' E+ Z, [ ]+ i' b, Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 2 J4 t. x9 r5 y5 q, r6 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered. 9 X% S- u* f; N" }4 S 9 w# U! |2 f' a' ?6 k + o, T8 I0 x% R9 B2 S# 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。Shock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people + l, O# F% Z3 V" ~% w6 o : o: K1 k$ `' x) M( n公仔箱論壇 - X) |& |+ l W' M+ s" f公仔箱論壇Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche * b+ s! I% m, f" Q' a0 G1 w! U) 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。- i7 O1 i" }- l A3 Z& O+ Q
Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added. 7 O4 N2 {0 g& g- 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。 8 }1 V! P) X+ C: @' K5.39.217.76Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.5 C2 u% U V0 h+ Z* O$ n4 c3 b. d2 e
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu. }( k* J9 ~& `0 x8 n( ]% L, I公仔箱論壇5.39.217.764 \& i6 G3 x0 K v, Q
They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.5 S4 w0 J/ K+ _4 c+ y
D9 P) j7 y. q1 L4 Y5.39.217.76Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. * P% _9 z4 G8 A; b. b 9 A1 w( v, n b+ j
Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche7 {8 \5 \& B7 d" M- I; M2 o
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal ; j" i* Z' T QTVBNOW 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 d6 }/ h* }4 \2 E+ o5.39.217.76Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 r, j+ M2 v, K# M8 m8 B
' \! v+ ~" `7 A, X5 {0 m# K5.39.217.76The identities of the victims were still being confirmed. " B- K( L2 ~+ O+ ZTVBNOW 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。The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.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。- A& c1 ~+ r" ?% f8 G8 M( |/ w* x
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summittvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 F9 _5 t* H/ p8 g0 s% M1 m1 l
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season. + Z6 z. T8 r4 V p 6 W! l, a, L2 T& N. ^; Y$ s$ X 7 F5 _% U. u+ J* m8 r E1 V1 F- d公仔箱論壇Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs% o, B5 V9 ?& u1 N) h
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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
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