Chamonix: 110 people trapped in the gondola of Mont Blanc

[MowCowWhoHow III]

Source: BFMTV

A hundred people are trapped in the gondola of the Panoramic Mont Blanc connecting the Aiguille du Midi to Helbronner peak, which rises to 3462 m in the Mont-Blanc. Passengers in thirty eggs. The alarm was raised at 5:25 p.m., learned BFMTV.com confirming a local media.

The High Mountain Gendarmerie Platoon (PGHM) Chamonix is ​​in charge of the evacuation of passengers. Two helicopters of civil security, another private company were mobilized. Italian helicopters are coming as reinforcements.

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Mayor of Chamonix, France, says multiple helicopters involved in cable car rescue; passengers were traveling from Aiguille du Midi to Hellbronner peak, which rises 11,358 feet above sea level - BFMTV
http://www.breakingnews.com/item/2016/09/08/approximately-100-people-reported-trapped-on/

Grade A Nightmare Fuel.

[shenmue]

1. Yipes

[snooper2]

2. Reminds me of the movie Frozen- Girls skin comes off hand, dude gets eaten by wolves

I'd post a clip but somebody would probably alert on it LOL- GRAPHIC!

Check YouTube for "Frozen Scene Don't Let Her Look"

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. I really liked that movie

These people are on an enclosed gondola, though, not a ski lift!

[snooper2]

4. Maybe killer crows will get in through air vents and they can't plug the holes fast enough

Come on,

B movies are easy to script!

[Richard D]

5. Or there's . . . .

someone who brought a box of SNAKES ON A GONDOLA!!

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Snowdado!

[maxsolomon]

6. apparently the same thing happened in 2013

they had to pull everyone out by helicopter.

NOT. COOL.

[hunter]

7. I never ever want to be in a situation where I have to be rescued by helicopter.

[yesphan]

8. In

mid-air !!!!

[Journeyman]

10. At night! . . .

(This all began at 5:25 pm -- no idea how much light they get there this time of year.)

[muriel_volestrangler]

13. Dark about 7:30pm at this time of year, I think

Close to the equinox, sun sets at about 6pm local time for everyone. France uses daylight savings time, and geographically, would fit GMT better than Central European Time (Hitler put them on CET, and they never came off). So call it 7:30pm.

[jberryhill]

9. The view is great from up there

It doesn't go up Mont Blanc, but to the adjacent Aguille du Midi.

They are in no danger, but if the thing isn't moving, then there they are.

[elleng]

11. Not good.

Glad I didn't ascend when in Chamonix; just had a very good Fondue!

[The Green Manalishi]

12. If you had to get stuck somewhere

I guess you couldn't really beat the view. Definitely something to brag about in years to come..."Oh, when I was stuck in the gondola of the Panoramic Mont Blanc connecting the Aiguille du Midi to Helbronner peak"..... said with a jejune air of world weary amusement

[MowCowWhoHow III]

15. Forty-five people remain stuck on a series of cable cars until daylight returns

Cable cars failure traps dozens over French Alps

Forty-five people remain stuck on a series of cable cars high above the glaciers of Mont Blanc in the French Alps, a local official has said.

Georges-Francois Leclerc, the prefect of the Haute-Savoie region, says initially 110 people were trapped, but 65 were airlifted out by helicopters.

The operation was suspended as night fell and will resume in the morning.

The cable cars are at "an altitude of about 3,800m (12,468ft)", officials said. The problem was caused by cables that got crossed for "unknown reasons".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37314026

[riversedge]

18. Bet their are no bathrooms.

[FreepFryer]

16. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. NOPE. (n/t)

[Kaleva]

17. Do these gondolas have toilets?

[muriel_volestrangler]

19. Ha! No, each of them only holds 4 people

They were trapped in 36 panoramic Mont Blanc pods, which seat a maximum of four people each.

The rescue operation was suspended for the night, but water, food and survival blankets were distributed.Initial reports from the French-Italian border suggest strong winds made wires cross over, but this has yet to be confirmed.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3780362/100-tourists-trapped-cable-cars-French-Alps-high-winds-cause-mechanical-failure.html

They've all been safely rescued now.

[nitpicker]

20. BBC: all those trapped overnight rescued

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-37314661

[BlueMTexpat]

21. I've taken the trip from Chamonix

to the Aiguille-du-Midi, but have never taken the cable cars to Helbrunner. Even from the Aiguille-du-Midi, the view is sensational.

http://www.chamonix.com/aiguille-du-midi-step-into-the-void,80,en.html