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' z6 g) u: ~ |6 l$ x I公仔箱論壇- 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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5 d- G/ r! {6 N: p6 r, p' D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# N, [, U G+ m& F2 h+ V5 d! D
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3 H) ^/ y. D3 ]0 F- d- B; `8 _Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered." h6 Y! _2 U# J- B$ L
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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( w+ q1 J6 W0 t2 d- R$ D- i! r; z
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9 i' ]3 L$ l/ G% U1 \8 Q! IEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche公仔箱論壇- W" C/ b2 k2 x* a7 H7 l# Z
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇: @5 f# q3 e# n" Y0 N
) z5 e5 c5 N& l& Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTenother 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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1 O$ U/ X! J d& E' }( e- qRescuepilot 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.
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1 q' M* d g, ^) P& c dHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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+ \8 V6 c3 Y- E! a4 MAirlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal
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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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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.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。8 G0 V7 w! b2 D2 t- v( D
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
& y' Z* C+ s. i* I+ Y5.39.217.76They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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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 wheelchairstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 ^ j. Y1 s" ]( x
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t9 R; w6 \- L* s. ], _: _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。Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |