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Skiers blocked in cabins in Italy after lift breaks down

By REUTERS

DECEMBER 24, 2016 21:39

ROME - A ski lift in northern Italy broke down on Saturday, blocking more than 120 holiday skiers in gondola cabins about 30 metres (yards) off the ground and a rescue operation was underway, officials said.

Alpine rescue officials said the breakdown in the Cervinia mountain of northern Italy near the French border was likely due to winds.

Rescue squads were entering the cabins from hatches in the top of the gondolas and lowering the stranded skiers to the ground.

A spokesman for the ski area told Italian television that the situation was under control. He said more than half of the skiers had been lowered and that the operation was due to be completed in several more hours

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