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/ D& y8 l ~1 c7 P U: V( g
- 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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' M2 I# q6 f2 Q6 g3 A. ]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.
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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.! o7 @* Y) s, ^ G8 W
- A0 ^! ]3 ?+ z% D) dTVBNOW 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。Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.' r6 |' R4 o3 j U% F% u+ q. v+ h( R
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. S1 V3 W. e5 b7 X. n% R+ ^2 sShock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people公仔箱論壇- ~2 a4 R y6 F4 I' F! D: _) y
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.) c0 f; q+ [* Z" _& h
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Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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k% v4 l5 F. B8 N L6 s9 F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.5.39.217.762 ^1 ]. v7 V4 L6 q
4 G; l) U1 p4 f$ v6 ^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。Pasang 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。: S' D6 d- \+ d7 o* w9 c* w
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche公仔箱論壇6 X! F) ~+ f( m3 C8 H, E1 j) [
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) ~3 J$ E3 f: u) Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAirlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal
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2 N5 u) b$ ~, X8 I* k( m5 b8 E公仔箱論壇Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said.
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# a5 v: m! A4 l0 L P4 \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high., j, ]- |+ k* d5 q% h! \/ ?4 Y
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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8 w# A6 W1 g/ E! t' cSaved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# l4 g2 }8 g9 n5 Y
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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