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 injured5.39.217.76, V6 e8 a% s. x! W5 p
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. . g" v$ m6 `3 L) L- r5.39.217.765.39.217.76+ K7 d# D) o8 i8 a& n S
The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal. 8 E' q9 s# r1 }! d$ D' 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。' c( X/ Z" F/ |- e6 B* [
Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇- \% s( C% X3 D5 T V6 r$ n2 K
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Shock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people 6 f8 O+ V$ P& [ ( W1 U- N8 r# ` , k- ?, N- Y' o公仔箱論壇Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche ) Q5 Z5 ]" }6 K9 R5.39.217.76( w& k" D! g. @0 E* D
Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇3 N$ D, E2 K# A- U
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6 d- |4 ]: t' R' M$ u& K9 T+ QRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.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。% P, O) _6 D, L( G+ f
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs. % I# w3 U0 x% M1 K) k5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇8 Q, Z5 y4 L; q0 f
Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. ( U' o, R. {$ U' K& D9 ^; R9 g E 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。( P$ E% y. Y6 A' i
Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche5 E; ]. A' z2 W5 t5 b. Y7 k3 O' O6 x
6 r+ u" x* |3 C3 s8 {$ C7 w % a: _6 M* K8 u# `5 Y5.39.217.76Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal . R. t8 u5 Z+ y公仔箱論壇 0 t( U3 y# r7 a6 j+ H5.39.217.76Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. # ^5 D7 s8 Y$ ?- o/ z# ?% 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。 ) X( X( d/ ^2 B4 {! e; \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb. u5 `+ u. w8 T& C
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.公仔箱論壇; w. W- N- \% H5 s+ k
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit * ^+ _: K' r) B# W/ z6 JTVBNOW 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。It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, p1 ~& P( z" k
6 u' r2 R( O; j: Q' r公仔箱論壇 4 }" {+ k3 V- [" 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 wheelchairsTVBNOW 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, c5 h/ `: E# u* U3 Z; ~
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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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