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[h=1]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/sep/08/110-people-stuck-on-cable-cars-in-the-french-alps[/h]
French officials say 110 people are trapped in cable cars over the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps. The mayor of Chamonix, Eric Fournier, said the people were being evacuated by helicopter. Theres nothing fundamentally to fear, he added.
As someone who is acrophobic to begin with, I would not feel the least bit reassured. I'm not sure what would be more frightening -- being suspended indefinitely in a little box 12,395 feet in the air, or being transferred to a helicopter at 12,395 feet in the air. :noooo:Nothing to fear at all, folks! :thinking:
Dozens of tourists will spend the night trapped in cable cars suspended in the French Alps after high winds caused a mechanical failure.
A huge rescue operation was launched after more than 100 people were left trapped in panoramic cable cars suspended 50 metres in the air close to Mont Blanc in the Alps this afternoon.
French, Italian and Swiss rescue services used four helicopters to evacuate 65 of the 110 sightseers stranded in Chamonix, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Alps-high-winds-cause-mechanical-failure.html
Omg
Uhm, yeah. No. I'd be freaking out! Yikes.
Nothing to fear at all, folks! :thinking:
As someone who is acrophobic to begin with, I would not feel the least bit reassured. I'm not sure what would be more frightening -- being suspended indefinitely in a little box 12,395 feet in the air, or being transferred to a helicopter at 12,395 feet in the air. :noooo:
Dozens of tourists will spend the night trapped in cable cars suspended in the French Alps after high winds caused a mechanical failure.
A huge rescue operation was launched after more than 100 people were left trapped in panoramic cable cars suspended 50 metres in the air close to Mont Blanc in the Alps this afternoon.
French, Italian and Swiss rescue services used four helicopters to evacuate 65 of the 110 sightseers stranded in Chamonix, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Alps-high-winds-cause-mechanical-failure.html
Omg
Dozens of tourists will spend the night trapped in cable cars suspended in the French Alps after high winds caused a mechanical failure.
A huge rescue operation was launched after more than 100 people were left trapped in panoramic cable cars suspended 50 metres in the air close to Mont Blanc in the Alps this afternoon.
French, Italian and Swiss rescue services used four helicopters to evacuate 65 of the 110 sightseers stranded in Chamonix, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...Alps-high-winds-cause-mechanical-failure.html
Omg
Do they serve Champagne on the cable car? It might help calm passengers
No liquids! (I doubt there is a toilet on that thing.)
During the night a team of five rescuers – three French and two Italian police officers – also attempted to reach the trapped tourists. One of the officers managed to get into a car that contained a 10-year-old child.
Those still stuck had access to emergency blankets, energy bars and bottles of water in the cars, authorities said.
No liquids! (I doubt there is a toilet on that thing.)
Sep 9 2016, 7:31 am ET
Dozens Rescued Near Chamonix, France, After Night Stranded in Cable Cars
by Claudio Lavanga, Emmanuelle Saliba and Nancy Ing
Dozens of tourists were rescued Friday after spending up to 16 hours trapped in cable cars dangling high above the French Alps, officials said.
More than 100 people, including several Americans, were left hanging in 36 gondolas following a malfunction between two mountains near the Chamonix ski resort.
Italian officials involved in the rescue said around 70 of those trapped were rescued on Thursday night, either lifted by helicopter or belayed up to 300 feet to the ground. But around 30 others including a 10-year-old child were forced to spend the night after the rescue was stopped by fog...
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/dozens-people-stuck-10-000-feet-air-overnight-french-alps-n645101
I just heard on the news that all have been rescued. I hope rescuers dropped a big supply of Valium into the cable cars yesterday to help the trapped people get through the night. I have heart palpitations just thinking about it!