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% ~; x) c* Z$ I2 V/ L
- 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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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+ C9 v& z9 E- E) Q9 Z' ^
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Police official Basanta Bahadur Kuwar said the bodies of a Nepalese guide and a German man had been recovered.公仔箱論壇* C* w ~( H$ E( G7 h
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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 people
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8 C8 h" e+ r, B3 Y+ w1 R* Y* ]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。Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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. C3 ]; Y7 Q5 c0 n公仔箱論壇Tenother members of the team survived the avalanche but many were injured and were being flown to hospitals by rescue helicopters, he said.4 X; z3 _' c7 V& n! n* q
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.公仔箱論壇5 e7 U' Z4 m/ ]- M6 ^. \! a
5 ?% f( C9 O. ^& @+ m% V1 X 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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( j4 {' w- B1 W+ O* T7 x- B6 k' W gHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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: v5 }! P( v9 Stvb 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. 0 L% w" M$ N- x: g( |6 A
- A. m2 I! k! |4 ^# o' e2 {# yThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.& A1 h8 U9 E8 y: w3 T
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
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2 n/ l/ a2 f- {4 t- Z3 k0 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbSaved: French survivors Claude Belmas (left) and Armand Manel (right) were rescued from the mountain and taken to a clinic in Katmandu in wheelchairs
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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