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
' P$ X3 i, J3 D& ]4 \5 B- 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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8 v& o* @/ U# J7 ?/ t$ y4 I2 E, RAt 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.+ s' E" ?7 a' s
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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.+ S2 R/ X' I( z/ Y2 A$ Y
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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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D5 [) n( K: H; Y$ Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbShock: Locals and climbers gather at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal after an avalanche killed at least nine people4 P7 r8 ~6 u' g6 E
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3 u3 u* g& J% D& F# P+ w公仔箱論壇Emergency: 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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; T( R# Z- Q3 _* H: vTenother 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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: E" y5 g/ X6 }- T, x7 ?% z$ J/ A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.
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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. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 @# }# _- }# E. f/ H4 ]
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Help: 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。' _) U0 P2 Z, c/ _/ u
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7 T& _+ }8 H7 [: E! |& hAirlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal" q6 |. K' B, L) _& P8 V4 O0 k
# B& r; q8 g- R8 E; |! r( Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeather 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.
* D: N. g! r* c z, O/ s0 Sos.tvboxnow.comThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
( \6 R" s' t% F2 X) Y0 NTVBNOW 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。They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit* s! D4 A# s% ]8 R/ _2 P0 _6 h
It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season. z1 v: j5 T0 v! w" g$ O; {8 |/ `
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, b5 M! ~! G" E" W公仔箱論壇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3 Z2 P3 K w6 L* O0 Y
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5 G7 ^0 q; j% }) DSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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