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公仔箱論壇) z$ x4 f, ]% x$ 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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# y7 @' [; D. ?$ `& f' V( I! _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.5.39.217.76' e7 {& p. L0 q
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The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal. & m2 `5 Y' c' Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb : ~4 H& }. p. g9 W4 [- a: \5.39.217.76Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered. 9 [/ H# J9 ~5 I, B5 \" x( Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& y" A* C9 M) [( ~9 z % k# Z) _) H+ q6 w9 E( [公仔箱論壇Shock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people$ [& E4 m( Z! K
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanchetvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& Y" z$ F6 }4 S
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added. ; A8 X; X* W% J' o, e% J \6 ~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。公仔箱論壇' [6 K1 l8 Y f3 B. ?5 ]5 v
Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said. 9 O0 {+ B5 x" T& B3 h# b/ M1 h: Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇( E% \: d+ G) y2 Y$ Y
Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.# ?4 Q# d$ A6 q, S* [: U) B2 ?
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs. ! G8 Z: G/ \) K- A$ I: p+ j3 }# ?8 OTVBNOW 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。5.39.217.76$ C2 g3 a9 {, R2 Q, v
Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. # M3 U% o0 M9 R: x: g. v5 ]2 j# V- V0 O% ~1 B0 L* d
Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche5.39.217.76& [3 F# x$ i- _( D
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal5.39.217.76* R$ K& a; P. b8 X/ Q
3 K, J3 p, y' H$ v3 b* JWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 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/ X7 x' y% r0 b( S5 X, H
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.公仔箱論壇1 t" p$ E" A1 d4 s2 Y; P
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high. , x h4 u* p3 |$ I& ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit# ]' f: B: Q- X$ M. i
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.0 q# }- f' x* x, K, M. z& ?$ Y( v
! ~" X8 K4 n v 0 n' G& Q3 ^! G/ `' A3 a5.39.217.76Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs公仔箱論壇; h0 J; X; i$ P
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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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