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+ y! N. j; t; Z8 e3 [& |/ z/ r
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. 0 z6 r. G, j2 P: _$ R5.39.217.76 9 x+ j# i/ P9 l" t5.39.217.76The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal. " s: c) I/ i3 M! D" o6 K1 ?4 Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( {, N& W, Q p% S& D0 g5.39.217.76Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered. ' g7 v/ h" M1 F G5 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ' @# ]! S$ b# O- n- h! }( N5.39.217.76 ; ~, Y8 t2 O+ |$ V6 \Shock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people ( m( k/ _0 A, s3 b公仔箱論壇 J: V7 s( @7 O, b2 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ; h) x7 U* R' m `( }* Y. M1 M5.39.217.76Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche 3 ^. M) j+ }$ h. Z/ x# z8 z7 ~! 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。5.39.217.763 Y2 p( I m; L# {
Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added. ; y# @: z/ O/ W% q - H- H8 c& [* ~2 s5 s5.39.217.76Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.公仔箱論壇 D X: z1 S* L A& I
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu. * J3 [! j( }, F/ V ) u/ y K! n9 r0 ~1 G" O They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.7 m7 Z+ }. I8 N6 j C( u
( b1 y9 o' G: w5 M: K3 S# `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 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。; t& a/ ?% c! N $ F% c: w4 I& sTVBNOW 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。Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalancheTVBNOW 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。* t# l% Z5 S/ V2 i
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal. `% N7 z2 {7 B5 r6 y$ Z
4 J- C2 E% g# L$ O$ }1 Q+ 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。Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. . w" _( B1 A' C
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed. / b. z# g/ t+ P6 r* z3 DThe 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。. D' w4 ?7 N, a, U6 x; N- b
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit$ Y8 h) O; D: `7 p2 c
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season. $ @0 n/ e5 ?% F) u" q 6 L+ I5 F% O) E$ E+ t& l4 ?2 R公仔箱論壇 5 f% z! W( x6 }( H0 F7 ^2 S: ^ ^) USaved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs 9 B* k, F! m) o. O/ P7 `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。 $ O6 w1 t% ~3 h( ~7 L公仔箱論壇/ F1 E( P5 U+ @
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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