347 skiers were rescued by helicopter in the French Alps

Hundreds of skiers had to be rescued by helicopter on Christmas Eve after lifts broke down at two different resorts in the French Alps.

Dramatic video It shows skiers suspended below a helicopter next to a stationary lift at the SuperDevoluy resort in Dévoluy. At around 1pm local time on Tuesday, one of the elevators at the resort went down due to an electrical problem with one of its motors. New Republic.

About 240 skiers were evacuated from a lift at the resort, which is 6,000 to 8,200 feet above sea level in the French Southern Alps, around 5 p.m. local time. No one was hurt, This was reported by Le Monde.

In Savoie, also in the French Alps, about 100 skiers got stuck in a lift at the La Norma ski resort on Tuesday. TF1 reportedin an unrelated event. The resort in the Maurienne valley rises from 4,500 to about 9,000 feet.

Rescuers arrived a day after the incident Death of 26-year-old Olympic snowboarder At a resort in the Swiss Alps. Sophie Hediger, a member of Switzerland’s snowboard cross team for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, was killed in an avalanche in the Arosa resort, the country’s skiing federation said on Tuesday.