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 injured8 E6 w1 k( n$ J# X5 U: M2 Y
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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7 k. w6 }- Q8 |9 ?1 bAt 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. 6 H5 g8 o8 F/ v I" ~8 g h& H 3 k7 _6 U0 v6 a5 d- M+ 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。The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal. % C7 o% T! i$ B; T# y/ _ : j1 F! v% B8 c; A E- Z: w5 GPolice official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇- o. s. x1 Q4 j: P* I4 J
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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 $ D+ I) {, B2 Q* htvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇$ j/ J( x4 g6 F5 w 公仔箱論壇' H; d3 u) L1 v
Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche # }, c3 _3 g, @. 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。$ C# G: F( }" y$ o5 i# A, `( y0 H
Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added. 5 N3 Q) s9 r1 v1 bTVBNOW 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。 # ~# ?/ f7 r* m/ Z# N* m- @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said. : @( @% ~, P) w; d7 N+ g8 O公仔箱論壇 a6 y* }# W* l! oRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.0 a) ]8 Q. [3 t9 l$ r
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.; x+ ^3 @2 `3 u& e4 o; ?) i1 i B7 \
6 A; C) y$ d6 W4 _/ Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 8 O- o3 o' X. G 0 _4 w s% r' i' e: `3 B
Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche" [1 v9 E& I* [. r- Z* }7 b8 B
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal 3 F+ Y$ I4 ~- E, v4 A3 z " d" |* Z$ ?; L% d: sWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. ! }. h8 H0 `8 u \: q0 X) b
! S, f9 O" A: ?$ [+ L+ S5.39.217.76The identities of the victims were still being confirmed. N' ?# t( ~5 a( s& G9 l公仔箱論壇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。9 `2 E+ D2 j+ {1 G
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit $ v+ s1 A W: u$ _It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season. ) `! n. r2 B/ H( v3 M) ]) A # T# S# [9 K9 E9 @2 q5 |4 ? & D$ {( F7 d, c% f6 F
Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs . S1 B% q" _$ N2 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) ^- L) D, [9 u D* r& C$ w6 A # d9 y. w" l2 I h4 c: Y2 r5.39.217.76Survivors: 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