For unknown reasons, around 3 pm local time, the lift stopped. According to DW. In particular, rescuers used helicopters to free people.
According to some reports, the number of stuck tourists was higher - 160 people. Rescue operation was carried out without problems due to good weather, but before the rescue people had to sit in cabins for about an hour. According to the publication of all on this cable car there are 70 cabins, each of which is designed for transportation of ten people.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in the French Alps on December 3 found the bodies of three people killed as a result of the avalanche.