Tourists and local residents had to be rescued by helicopters. Because of the broken mountain lift in the French Alps at the height of stuck about two hundred skiers. This is reported by BFMTV. The incident occurred near the ski resort in the department of Isere in the south-east of France on a ski lift connecting the station of Shamrus (1650 meters) and the summit of Croix de Chamrous (2250 meters). People who were at the time of the accident were in the cabins of the funicular were blocked at high altitude. According to preliminary data, the cause of the accident was a technical malfunction of the device. Soon, lifeguards arrived to the cable car. Tourists and local residents had to be rescued by helicopters of civil aviation. On them, the rescuers flew close to the locked booths and manually pulled people out. According to Frank Lekutra, head of the tourist office of the resort of Shamrus, the operation was conducted in the regular mode, thanks to calm weather conditions. As a result of state of emergency, no one was hurt. As reported by the correspondent. net, in early December in the French Alps as a result of the avalanche killed three tourists.

Original article: About 200 skiers are stuck on a lift in the Alps.