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& M7 Z, a3 h4 j( \& x5 C
- 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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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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y, V1 T, L: {2 L+ W0 a/ h2 kThe team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- L* _# j7 ?+ K8 E' @6 s
: G7 A4 R% V3 B: P5.39.217.76Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.- F: H5 ~' M2 ^
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! D( O8 _% \% g) S8 g& p2 }0 Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people. Y A0 n I( \
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an 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。7 ^& b2 w0 _+ L
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Rescue 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' ?! z3 Z Z% o; ?( V
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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.$ |4 a+ A( A6 F D+ E" N: f
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Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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6 A4 D: ^" p m+ G! b6 A5 JHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche5.39.217.76) [! b& K0 M1 k
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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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$ N2 j: {: T m, m4 M公仔箱論壇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.
2 Q- Q/ e \% r" P# K$ c* k公仔箱論壇The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
8 S+ r+ p( @( m) M( Dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThey had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summittvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 i6 T7 Y( j1 ^
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% l) I4 ^" s' z/ _& D) ASaved: 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,bttvb6 }6 Q1 T' a! t% s2 b& B
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$ @' }. C, S# _) dSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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