A HELICOPTER accidentally dropped part of its load of concrete on a cable car at an Austrian ski resort yesterday, killing nine German tourists, including six children.

A helicopter accidentally dropped part of its load of concrete on a cable car at an Austrian ski resort today, and at least nine tourists were killed when the gondola hurtled to the ground and passengers were catapulted out of two nearby cable cars, police said.

Austrian police say between five and eight people have died in a cable car accident.