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公仔箱論壇, k0 A4 ]- }8 ]. E' u% N9 m- I) w* [
- 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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- q8 u* a3 ]. u7 Z2 ZAt 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.5 o1 U2 @8 A! x8 H- W0 |
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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.
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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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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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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an avalanche% x( l- q5 _: d5 k. ?" W u
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.1 H, }2 z! E: ]0 V
6 }; |0 y7 r# m4 v6 V8 L9 x; o0 g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.
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.
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# \5 h; L/ m: J3 G3 r' K' PPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. " h' o- ^" @; _7 J. L0 H
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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8 w4 S3 j" L% b3 s$ Q2 Q公仔箱論壇Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal: P4 C% @3 Z' A; L3 _( S h1 P
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Weather conditions were deteriorating and it was not possible to continue air searches of the mountain this afternoon, Kuwar said. 7 D7 A2 B" H, i2 e
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
! k* F& G' ~. v6 v9 l4 Z; Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.公仔箱論壇' n) ?& C g9 L6 k, |' v
They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
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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 wheelchairs2 i1 E, x U2 I9 g n! U5 n
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |