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
. W- @: T9 J: q7 v6 y8 K f; Q, K+ qTVBNOW 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
By Rob Preece
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, N& K7 G" }7 K; V; qAt 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.公仔箱論壇+ W1 h$ S: T& a( t9 X
( G8 S- k6 `3 o- b" Z公仔箱論壇The team, which included French and German climbers, got into difficulty on the slopes of Mount Manaslu in the Himalayas of northern Nepal.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。1 \$ y- v1 ?2 I/ _! M
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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* R. O+ Z0 L1 S, p
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Emergency: Rescuers arrive at the Nepalese mountain where at least nine people were killed in an 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。2 Y! `8 k0 C2 H% e- f: |* m' ]* N+ Z
9 I3 K: \7 h3 x7 I) Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbRescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.
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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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& K, @( j" S. c7 V/ r d+ V9 Hwww2.tvboxnow.comRescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.6 z2 `6 I+ D7 x' ~8 W
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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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9 E! ]+ s( H$ w" e q% ~Pasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp.
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Help: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche公仔箱論壇0 ?2 ~7 b( K% ?+ o4 ^" ^
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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. 4 O9 O) U! _2 W
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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.
( a. ?3 u) O! Q$ o$ q' U" T公仔箱論壇The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.
5 g2 @( P. v: T& `, J; |They had been preparing to head towards the mountain's 26,760ft summit
# N" D" Y4 J7 M, S/ W7 V& K" UTVBNOW 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。It is the beginning of Nepal's autumn mountaineering season.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。6 n4 R( b; s" T' X8 H/ t$ @
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4 ^' K B: [7 a% |' X4 A1 mtvb 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 wheelchairstvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 B- c" O) z& D/ v9 D7 ?
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+ t" [/ _/ N+ m3 t/ Ywww2.tvboxnow.comSurvivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal |