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 " M# f- E: z1 {* V
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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3 }& v- D$ x6 `" k/ Y' Y) h公仔箱論壇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. 0 e0 T2 S j n; c" q8 @) iTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.760 W! V8 l v% e* D( O7 s- Z* L
The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal. 5 b' h; ]: {$ a0 o# J+ q1 G5 {. { 1 I% m+ p& t, |# T2 T9 w5.39.217.76Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.$ B5 U4 k' h* l# W
1 J4 u9 \6 c& c6 B, I$ ~ 1 h0 i6 {( L3 x: u) s2 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people4 w* w9 M7 G; u/ x
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche 5 q4 Y [, [& T3 r e 3 j, T/ k- [1 q$ ?) |. P9 I# [公仔箱論壇Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added. 5 ?/ C$ b$ V7 p. k5.39.217.76) X/ \$ D) ]4 i; H8 s7 T
Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.; @0 v# z, e8 [6 E8 U3 }
# u' m C6 z$ mRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu. , ~( G# i5 X/ c" C a- Y, P公仔箱論壇 . I! m- Q! y; a$ D公仔箱論壇 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs., c0 K) R! N! M6 D0 d
2 H0 j6 z* r2 |Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 5 j3 G, d8 A( g 3 e6 R6 _3 y0 Q% T* IHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche+ b t) Y$ M, O: B, I' ~( c, |
8 s5 X. v( C" ^2 HTVBNOW 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' ?& q. ]8 Z: Z- M5.39.217.76Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepaltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% h# J- g; |/ i& {, R9 ~
6 ?8 U8 o: m) x1 q/ A# n" XTVBNOW 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. 1 v N, N: P" ?. r& `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。7 Q0 k* }0 c' }4 l; P5 V
The identities of the victims were still being confirmed. + K$ H: s/ ? IThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high. w3 A ^! ~( i5 C q. Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit ( l# X3 M- O+ N) G, YIt 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。- [. w: k0 L5 g/ k" ^9 t/ Y- u
{) l# K& N$ p% g g! |/ D- Z; K) d 2 C4 p+ U$ z4 v4 r) E7 i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 - p- I: u3 _2 k: 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。 1 ^+ ^- E6 `* S9 @; _3 s5.39.217.76 7 V/ U/ R7 X0 X" YSurvivors: 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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