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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" W1 h" B7 \  U5 f

•     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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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.8 ~0 x/ g0 E8 B) ~+ f

/ a: o: b% W* h6 K: Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbPolice 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
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Rescue pilots had spotted seven other bodies on the mountain's slopes, he added.www.tvboxnow.com. w# R  q) |8 K' ~8 }1 F9 w- c( ~
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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.公仔箱論壇; K- S: C; V+ h4 N. F$ o9 G
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Rescuepilot Pasang, who uses only one name, said three injured French citizens and two Germans had been transported to Katmandu.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 c4 A& w* {# Z  X: w5 b+ `
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They included two French survivors - Claude Belmas, 52, and Armand Manel, 42 - who were taken to the clinic in wheelchairs.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 X0 B. o/ d, ?/ b" g  q

0 p2 G; X4 d6 m: bPasang said rescuers were also attempting to bring the bodies of the dead back to the base camp. 公仔箱論壇; d3 }5 O$ i8 I

8 F( P) k3 C5 O" |( {" AHelp: An injured victim is rescued at the base camp of Mount Manaslu in northern Nepal, after the avalanche
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Airlifted: An unidentified tourist is rescued from the mountain by helicopter after the avalanche in northern Nepal# D1 H$ h; f6 z
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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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The identities of the victims were still being confirmed.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。* P2 w8 C8 @0 \% Q' X
The avalanche happened as the climbers were at a camp 22,960ft high.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; b9 M/ w" n. x0 w
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 wheelchairs
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Survivors: Frenchmen Claude Belmas and Armand Manel give their details at the clinic in Katmandu, Nepal