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
6 U- B9 m( @" s6 S1 j- 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公仔箱論壇; ^9 N9 N. s& Z2 I9 _
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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.os.tvboxnow.com! [' B8 u! ?$ g1 l+ T
2 E4 s7 |' m7 b( `3 U; Q* _2 htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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: A# c# g% W; Stvb 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
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9 Q- u5 j4 ?2 t0 `2 ~0 X( SEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche
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: \/ V* e7 R, p; U% `' Y4 URescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.# ~$ u0 h" {! b) H, h( E/ m7 w" s
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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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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.2 s& O/ ~$ M6 b, C. t# I4 v' t, |
: z% X3 H$ _" ~4 E$ y4 H+ B1 l. [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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/ ?0 c5 f' C2 W/ u. n8 Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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- q; A) y7 c- m! X, b6 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the 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。3 Y+ W6 J& o8 X8 K; R0 \7 |$ S, \
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! n9 D0 [0 g0 A, a0 b4 \Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal) _2 H! ?' f/ S: V! m2 G9 c
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.: K) F- f1 Z5 m: u3 Z' G# c0 D7 }
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* f' `. Q7 X% ]+ h% ^3 [
They 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。5 D+ O8 h' }% }0 D/ X
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.
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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* a" D" v- O& T) p' i
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發表於 2012-9-24 01:29 PM
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