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
2 g7 m/ W; C% H9 B4 M4 Z- 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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- @9 b( [* l/ ?& h+ SAt 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.os.tvboxnow.com3 A* L f7 C8 _7 E4 Y+ l
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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." `- b9 ?3 G% `* G( o5 t0 D
/ v) ]) b+ J @8 Q" O. I5 k8 |公仔箱論壇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 people8 b" {( f) E' H* i. p+ V) D3 r
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, e- J/ [2 f3 A$ E' lEmergency: 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.
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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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& N) J3 P4 a2 S! t3 I& r公仔箱論壇Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.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。9 I* c: S( X S7 F2 g H4 S
6 ^3 l% m7 J$ C. P公仔箱論壇 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.
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M; ~' F' R$ [2 f3 Q' \+ j" t" @ a公仔箱論壇Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. ' ?0 P3 @" B+ W( G
7 G6 a6 B% n) E _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche7 N6 s+ s0 v7 q
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepaltvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 H" I8 N( B$ u% f$ D5 F. T3 G. k
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. os.tvboxnow.com) {! g; a' B3 Z: F p- @! T
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.公仔箱論壇/ X5 t: A* P7 W# F' X+ n
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
! H9 {" i& f8 I! P公仔箱論壇They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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6 q g0 ]4 T9 l+ F8 f" v: e* {% Z- zSaved: 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。8 \4 o4 Z: i; c8 N1 T) S
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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