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
: h' I. w& g6 z* k0 e, mTVBNOW 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。- 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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* {: a6 k* p& v) ]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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" W" `5 C2 I1 O; k
2 L, I; ]# p9 j. y! J) VThe 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.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。; A! e7 A' K3 e6 F
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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" [; b8 z# J6 Z J+ F- H# ^
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! W0 F" L+ x+ E0 }+ e# S4 kEmergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanchewww3.tvboxnow.com% Y2 u. t& B" P2 P+ |+ k
2 A: p! p0 q8 v/ G* JRescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.$ R& L: f: [* C) T
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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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% o$ e' h8 ]1 F2 v+ [5 VTVBNOW 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。Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- ?- q& Q/ p! e% {
& f) D8 s) R3 W5 a( J( 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。 They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.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。- q. c; p! r& T- m6 u3 X @+ g
$ ` {. H _. P" `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。Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. * J" ? V- \/ M! E5 O6 R
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Airlifted: 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.
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, N! y) P( n. u# X. Qwww3.tvboxnow.comThe identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
d) J4 l4 ]" p) W! N8 ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.5 Q5 o+ X w8 d5 T& j$ v
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
' r5 Z$ D: [; _* gIt is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 r3 m$ w; N, V5 t) ] Z( Q
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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 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。/ c# A3 ~" u. G3 U8 q8 F# C5 \" t
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |
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