Nearly 40 tourists rescued from chairlift

- Nearly forty skiers on Friday afternoon from a Defective chairlift rescued in Austria Mitterbach am Erlaufsee. The difficult operation from the ground and from the air was carried out, lasted three hours, Austrian media reported.

The hydraulic system of the brake broke and the lift blocked by an automatic safety measure. A total of 39 tourists were hanging in their seats when the cold air. Police and fire departments from miles around and three rescue helicopters from the federal government eventually freed all 'seat lifters 'from their plight. Four people were supercooling phenomena.