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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. x# j- o& T; b7 j* J. F2 h9 u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.
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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.
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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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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.) i! j, q* M; q2 ?) B
( K! [0 ?4 a! A* R) o, OTVBNOW 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。Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.公仔箱論壇3 Z, ^% |3 n( G4 I
3 U. E! ]% W3 L* z" H5 v( z, ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.公仔箱論壇) g5 @6 y( C# X. f) U8 @% a) H
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.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。' ~7 o+ X) g; A/ f0 e1 ]8 z
5 a. Q. L5 j5 N) x公仔箱論壇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。7 C7 F7 [) B, G8 v8 L8 E) ~' w& n
5 R) R+ d5 ]* i! D' x% K5.39.217.76Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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Airlifted: 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. " e5 U$ n2 _/ f. @( I$ ^
- G& V1 a. f2 a' d6 R5.39.217.76The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.% D3 g) X# G# o+ a
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
( J0 `5 M+ S2 q: T v; ?1 eThey 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。# T5 f! y" @. [/ { J
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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公仔箱論壇9 H S. V ~0 F0 A8 o6 H* ~) W- h
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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