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
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- Nepalese guide understood to be among the dead
- Injured were airlifted to safety by helicopter
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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.公仔箱論壇; D$ d; ^. J# K# g1 E
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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 people
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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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( d# n3 K8 r& N. @6 G) e" C! Q" {- Ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRescue 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.
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 J! X7 w0 G3 l- t& h
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1 G/ W' R9 h* a$ Z" ]3 cHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche' w; @1 {& _+ Q2 m* ]% k1 |
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal5.39.217.76' ^' n! N( d# ?& I2 q/ W" _
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said.
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' t+ n" s( Z0 b5 ~7 T q z& ZThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
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It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" m1 k' Q7 F8 u/ i O: v- 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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