Helicopters resuce 160 stranded skiers

Helicopters and emergency crews have rescued about 160 skiers and snowboarders stuck on a defective chairlift in western Austria.

Helicopters resuce 160 stranded skiers

Helicopters and emergency crews have rescued about 160 skiers and snowboarders stuck on a defective chairlift in western Austria.

Most of them were winched down to the ground but 17 had to be attached by cables to helicopters and flown out because of the rugged terrain below them.

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