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 injured5.39.217.76; E( \. {# V7 j0 {9 k" {
- 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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5 I6 h8 ^8 X" ~1 x: b1 m* l5.39.217.76At 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.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。4 v0 ^1 k7 ?# I4 L" z0 z1 b6 \
. {/ O+ _: Z6 g- \/ G- I7 U! l5 Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.4 r# t+ K9 C( N7 f/ n
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.
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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 people6 g9 M/ K3 W, s( y. W2 H9 C
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche5.39.217.76, M( N- ~/ X3 \# @- G3 R! E
% P0 L2 F4 a1 ~$ i7 `% aRescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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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.1 ~ f' N% D3 x, ~! ^0 S1 O- e
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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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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.5.39.217.76. a. ]; H8 ?4 A Z$ ~
: E) U9 |( ]5 }; g2 hPasang 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。3 K! J9 G2 K5 A" M
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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。' S/ D5 W/ s" T- v& g. Z5 p
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepaltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 d5 Q7 J4 U+ P7 I
) u( S# M& s' i* ^! _1 U' r$ 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。Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ ]6 i4 X8 s3 k4 ^0 V4 [2 e. W/ q
7 V3 r2 K. B% H# B; @The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 h& B$ B* V7 \5 X0 _+ H8 Y* j0 q
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.2 W, G i2 T% P! f6 [
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summitTVBNOW 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。- t8 T, w R9 U$ S0 d$ ?
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.' g8 g0 _( F8 r0 E; u) {8 s D
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Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs( f( x3 k& n' W2 O/ c
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