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 injuredTVBNOW 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。/ s8 h+ Q- r9 P% x; [
- 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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4 w3 J/ a+ e& N) J& C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' o8 T$ |+ K$ X, G* g+ @
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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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! O5 x# _# @- [5 K4 p+ D% gPolice 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 peopletvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 y4 c1 s2 k1 h6 m$ w0 t) t
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: z$ c6 z6 Y) U' d7 x/ n' v: U: fTVBNOW 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。Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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0 t5 U* Y1 p- W- S7 a2 s' X) i公仔箱論壇Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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( A/ R2 L( |: o1 j7 y% NTenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.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。# g. ~9 A) O' T) u
: _+ t( _; p1 b; ?4 J i0 Y' L# LRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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: j" \8 u& U- z* H" b They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.5.39.217.76- t" R- ]" P" V
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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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& p5 r3 Y6 h0 y' k* x9 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche公仔箱論壇4 O( H( G1 z$ j0 H
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal公仔箱論壇; |& P% [0 ]3 r. \9 |# o
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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。& \+ R( E$ l' Y% {; K n$ j# p. ?* e
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( t" [! Y7 n, A; ^$ i
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
: N5 a, Z+ `' F0 c2 WIt is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 b- J2 E y R5 Q6 Z" d! A
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, G2 @! O2 c' @" f5 @5.39.217.76Saved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairsTVBNOW 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。6 T' P% ] f) u; i, S, a
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |