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
9 f( ~( X/ f t$ H; Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- 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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2 f" @, j# e w8 _" g8 p0 UTVBNOW 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。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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& B: W7 l. O1 |3 f
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 e( y* R/ \$ b3 w) @ [
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" g+ E: q4 Y7 y# S8 btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people5.39.217.76. U; S& S- N4 K$ ?( s$ p/ J
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5 X% l4 Z/ X! Y/ [& eEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche公仔箱論壇4 F; b7 F$ ?$ K0 |8 b8 h
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.公仔箱論壇* o' O# i" c8 _: a; f
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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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& ?# u* r( y$ \; a6 }, L5.39.217.76Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, t9 p. m, t- D
# h- q8 f$ w- X! ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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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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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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$ F4 g; f" ?0 K, n5 }- _2 utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAirlifted: 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.
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It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb |: r) @8 V5 N- W1 k B3 n
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- V+ h. W$ [! z# _! l8 n1 m+ ?5 VTVBNOW 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。Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs" N, o/ D5 `6 }: ]' r: ?
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+ |( o6 `0 g+ H9 N6 i公仔箱論壇Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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