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$ A' d/ X+ l) f `! g0 }2 F
- 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
By Rob Preece
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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.
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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.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。3 d* O( g9 [1 T, |4 Z: S4 ]
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; E( _' e) @6 J$ w o$ M5 S
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/ P+ P/ _: ?2 s# J. L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 peopletvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, v# ]. l' z0 f# B7 k3 J- x
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N& D6 n) @* d( X2 `7 wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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. m+ @9 [! t: r( h" Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.; O6 P5 Y( Y" p! ^& ]4 f
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.公仔箱論壇 w' ]5 Z9 b/ k- r- A
% h: M8 T, P0 b( O) b They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.5.39.217.769 U5 k A9 Z5 }3 ^
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche5 N9 k9 l5 J7 }; K
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( ^8 {0 i- v4 d, X8 R( w. f6 FWeather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said.
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
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* t; w& I' S' t1 J- U% p' p. ]5.39.217.76They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
; }) A8 y5 F$ g, e0 A0 w3 JIt is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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) u" z% [) `, j$ g7 ~Saved: 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% S3 H+ O$ N, D6 H2 W) D6 q% N% S
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |