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THE INCIDENT COMES FIVE YEARS AFTER AROUND 40 PEOPLE WERE STUCK FOR NEARLY SEVEN HOURS ON THE GRANDE-MOTTE CABLE CAR IN THE SOUTH-EASTERN FRENCH ALPS AFTER IT BROKE DOWN.

Another series of cable cars takes skiers and visitors to the top of the Aiguille de Midi year-round...

9th September, 2016 4539

independent.co.uk

A RESCUE OPERATION HAS FREED 33 PEOPLE WHO SPENT THE NIGHT TRAPPED IN CABLE CARS IN THE FRENCH ALPS.

Tourists rescued after spending night trapped in cable cars 3,000 metres above the French Alps...

9th September, 2016 93

THE DARING RESCUE WAS UNFOLDING AT AN ALTITUDE OF NEARLY 12,500 FEET IN THE MONT BLANC MASSIF NEAR CHAMONIX AFTER THE CARS CAME TO A HALT AROUND 2 P.M.

The Daily Express, a British newspaper, reported that rescuers had harnessed themselves to the cables and climbed along to the cars and dropping down through hatches...

9th September, 2016 1395

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FRENCH ALPS CABLE CARS RESCUE DUE TO RESUME

An operation to rescue 45 tourists trapped in cable cars near Mont Blanc in the French Alps is due to resume...

9th September, 2016 1585

DOZENS STUCK OVERNIGHT IN CABLE CAR AT MONT BLANC IN ALPS

Helicopters were sent to rescue 110 people stuck at more than 3000 metres altitude in a cable car that links France and Italy...

8th September, 2016 234

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THE CABLE CARS OFFER TOURISTS A PANORAMIC VIEW OF MONT BLANC.

"We had to suspend the air transport rescue at nightfall," he added...

8th September, 2016 2322

A HOT AIR BALLOON CRASHED AND CAUGHT FIRE SATURDAY MORNING IN LOCKHART, TEXAS, ABOUT 30 MILES OUTSIDE OF AUSTIN.

-- June 17, 1999 Four passengers were killed when their hot air balloon hit a power line near Ibbenburen, Germany...

HOT AIR BALLOON

30th July, 2016 138

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"MARK ALWAYS SAYS THE TOUR DE FRANCE IS THE BE-AND-END-ALL OF HIS CYCLING LIFE, SO HE COMES HERE WITH PRESSURE.

There's not one team in the Tour de France that isn't under pressure to perform...

19th July, 2016 2

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VIETNAMESE STUDENTS JOIN THOUSANDS ON VICTORIAN SKI SLOPES

After a long hard semester at university, 100 international students from Vietnam have used the mid-year break to get their first ever glimpse of the snow...

16th July, 2016 8

Trending News Headlines : Alps

A GERMANWINGS PLANE CARRYING 150 PEOPLE CRASHES IN THE FRENCH ALPS ON ITS WAY FROM BARCELONA TO DUESSELDORF, WITH NO SURVIVORS.

The cause of the crash is not known and the plane sent no distress signal during an eight-minute descent...

24th March, 2015 10000

BIERBAUMER, 46, PERSUADED MUNICH AUTHORITIES TO STAGE AN OLD-FASHIONED KRAMPUSLAUF

The Munich Krampuslauf celebrates the history of the custom, including the artistry of the hand-carved, hand-painted masks...

22nd December, 2014 7135

BIERBAUMER, 46, PERSUADED MUNICH AUTHORITIES TO STAGE AN OLD-FASHIONED KRAMPUSLAUF

The Munich Krampuslauf celebrates the history of the custom, including the artistry of the hand-carved, hand-painted masks...

22nd December, 2014 4719

telegraph.co.uk

GERMANWINGS AIRBUS A320 CRASHES IN FRENCH ALPS WITH 150 PEOPLE ON BOARD LATEST

Germanwings plane flying from Barcelona to Dusseldorf disappeared off the radar before crashing near Digne-les-Bains...

24th March, 2015 4337

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THE 57KM 35-MILE TWIN-BORE GOTTHARD BASE TUNNEL WILL PROVIDE A HIGH-SPEED RAIL LINK UNDER THE SWISS ALPS BETWEEN NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN EUROPE.

World's longest and deepest rail tunnel to open in Switzerland...

1st June, 2016 3301

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GERMANWINGS AIRBUS CRASHES IN FRENCH ALPS, 150 FEARED DEAD

DARK DAY Lufthansa Chief Executive Carsten Spohr, who planned to go to the crash site, spoke of a dark day for the airline...

24th March, 2015 3019

MARSEILLE PROSECUTOR BRICE ROBIN SAID EARLIER THE CO-PILOT, NAMED AS ANDREAS LUBITZ, WAS ALONE IN THE COCKPIT OF THE GERMANWINGS PLANE WHEN IT CRASHED IN THE FRENCH ALPS.

The new procedures will mean that two crew members must always be present on the flight deck...

26th March, 2015 2642

dailymail.co.uk

REVEALED GERMANWINGS FLIGHT 4U9525 RECEIVED SAFETY WARNING JUST FOUR MONTHS AGO AFTER SISTER PLANE WENT INTO TAILSPIN

Germanwings Flight 4U9525 Foreign Secretary says it's 'likely' Brits died in disaster...

25th March, 2015 2596

independent.co.uk

THE BILDERBERG GROUP HAS LONG BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SPECULATION. BUT WHAT DO WE REALLY KNOW ABOUT THE SECRETIVE INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS BETWEEN TOP POLITICIANS AND BOSSES?

The Bilderberg Group has long been the subject of speculation...

11th June, 2015 2580

washingtonpost.com

ALEXANDRE MANSOUROV, A NORTH KOREAN LEADERSHIP EXPERT WHO ONCE STUDIED AT KIM IL SUNG UNIVERSITY IN PYONGYANG, AGREED.

But Kim had known since 1992 that he would one day inherit North Korea...

29th May, 2016 2496

SAFETY EXPERTS FROM FRANCE, GERMANY AND SPAIN WERE EN ROUTE TO THE CRASH SITE, HE ADDED.

Members of the French gendarmerie gather in Seyne, southeastern France, on March 24, near the site where a Germanwings Airbus A320 crashed in the French Alps...

24th March, 2015 1963

EU HEADS TO TAKE 57KM MAIDEN VOYAGE IN EUR11BN GOTTHARD BASE TUNNEL ON WEDNESDAY

World's longest rail tunnel to open in Switzerland under Alps...

1st June, 2016 1856

ALPS AIR CRASH KILLED THREE BRITONS, SAYS HAMMOND

Alps air crash killed three britons says hammond...

25th March, 2015 1764

FOR FAMILIES OF GERMANWINGS VICTIMS ANGER BURNS THROUGH GRIEF

"He told me, 'When I hit puberty, I promise not to be stupid,' " Mrs. Strang said. "He kept his promise."...

10th October, 2015 1653

DON'T STIGMATISE DEPRESSION AFTER GERMANWINGS CRASH SAYS TOP DOCTOR

Dona??t stigmatise depression over Alps crash, says top doctor...

29th March, 2015 1605

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25th March, 2015 1459

BOB GELDOF WHATEVER PEOPLE THINK ABOUT US, THIS IS A NORMAL FAMILY.

Bob geldof we are a normal family. and one of us didn't make it...

18th October, 2014 1458

OFFICIALS AT GERMANWINGS AND ITS PARENT COMPANY, LUFTHANSA, PROVIDED A BARE-BONES DESCRIPTION OF MR.

He worked as an airline steward for 11 months after he completed his training and was waiting for a pilot's slot, Mr...

26th March, 2015 1327

SIXTEEN GERMAN STUDENTS HAD SPENT A WEEK IN A SMALL TOWN OUTSIDE BARCELONA, IMMERSED IN SPANISH LANGUAGE AND CULTURE, AS PART OF AN ANNUAL EXCHANGE PROGRAM.

In Haltern am See, a community of 38,000 in the flat countryside of western Germany, many people knew or were related to the families of the victims...

25th March, 2015 1218

POLICE FOUND THE MEDICAL CERTIFICATE AND OTHER DOCUMENTS DURING A SEARCH THURSDAY AT THE DUSSELDORF APARTMENT OF ANDREAS LUBITZ, THE 27-YEAR-OLD GERMANWINGS CO-PILOT.

Investigators searched Lubitz's apartment in Dusseldorf and the home of his parents in Montabaur, about 40 miles from Bonn...

27th March, 2015 1156

STORM AND DROUGHT WHAT EUROPE HAS TO FEAR FROM CLIMATE CHANGE

But climate change could transform this landscape and erase the cultivation of Andalucian olives...

9th November, 2015 1152

THE FALL OF THE BERLIN WALL WHAT IT MEANT TO BE THERE

Was what brought ever larger streams of East Berliners pouring towards the concrete barrier that had imprisoned them since 1961...

6th November, 2014 1128

IT IS CERTAINLY HARD TO IMAGINE SUCH A PRESTIGE PROJECT HAPPENING IN GERMANY THESE DAYS.

Most of the country's recent high-profile construction schemes have become great national embarrassments, beset by massive delays and huge cost overruns...

12th June, 2016 1048

telegraph.co.uk

SUMMARY WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR A RUSSIAN AIRLINER CARRYING 224 PEOPLE CRASHED IN A MOUNTAINOUS AREA OF EGYPT'S SINAI PENINSULA ON SATURDAY, KILLING EVERYONE ON BOARD.

Russian plane crash in Sinai experts say Isil may have placed a bomb on board...

1st November, 2015 918

"THIS WAS A GROSS BREACH OF TRUST; A TEACHER GIVING IN TO TEMPTATION," MR TATFORD SAID.

(but) he was a senior teacher who took advantage of a vulnerable young girl who was besotted with him."...

19th November, 2014 869

independent.co.uk

A SPECIAL TRAIN FOR CHINESE TOURISTS HAS BEEN LAUNCHED AT A MOUNTAIN RESORT IN SWITZERLAND, FOLLOWING TENSIONS OVER CULTURAL DIFFERENCES.

Swiss resort launches special train for Chinese tourists...

30th August, 2015 826

dailymail.co.uk

GERMAN CHANCELLOR ANGELA MERKEL, FRENCH PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE, AND SPANISH PRIME MINISTER MARIANO RAJOY WILL ALSO MEET WITH THEM IN A MAKESHIFT CHAPEL SET UP IN A GYMNASIUM, HERMITTE SAID.

Scroll down for video The company also revealed that specially-chartered flights from Germany and Spain will take relatives to the crash site tomorrow...

26th March, 2015 738

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BUT AT GLACIER NATIONAL PARK, TEMPERATURES ALREADY HAVE JUMPED BY NEARLY TWO DEGREES CELSIUS SINCE 1990.

As temperatures rise, many American glaciers could vanish in a few decades...

27th November, 2015 709

PRESIDENT FRANCOIS HOLLANDE

ANDREAS LUBITZ WAS A SKILLED PILOT, WHO WAS HAPPY WITH HIS JOB AND HAD NO TERRORIST TIES.

Photo Michael Probst, AP In Lubitz's village of Montabaur, neighbor Johannes Rossbach, 23, said he would often see Lubitz jogging...

26th March, 2015 688

dailymail.co.uk

GERMANWINGS CO-PILOT ANDREAS LUBITZ WAS 'ON SUICIDE MISSION' PARENTS LEARN

Germanwings killer Andreas Lubitz suffered depression and 'burnout'...

27th March, 2015 566

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THE AIRBUS A320 PLUNGED INTO THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN EN ROUTE FROM PARIS TO CAIRO ON MAY 19.

Investigators are to conduct further analysis on the voices contained in the recordings and have not yet ruled out any possibilities as to what caused the crash, the sources said...

5th July, 2016 4

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THOSE WHO ARE MOST DISAPPOINTED BY HOLLANDE'S PERFORMANCE ARE MIDDLE-CLASS EMPLOYEES OLDER THAN 35 AND YOUNGER THAN 49.

French President Francois Hollande waits to welcome Austria's Chancellor Christian Kern during the Western Balkans summit at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, July 4, 2016...

5th July, 2016 79

EGYPT SAYS FLIGHT 804 'BLACK BOX' FIXED AS FRANCE OPENS MANSLAUGHTER CASE

Egyptian investigators have said the aircraft made a 90-degree left turn followed by a 360-degree turn to the right before hitting the sea...

28th June, 2016 85

EGYPTAIR FLIGHT MS804 SEARCH FOR PLANE BLACK BOXES NARROWS AFTER SIGNAL DETECTED

However, on June 1, a French search boat detected the first signal from one of the plane's two flight recorders...

2nd June, 2016 2

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INVESTIGATORS ARE SEARCHING IN SOME OF THE DEEPEST WATERS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FOR FLIGHT RECORDERS FROM THE AIRBUS A320 WHICH CRASHED ON MAY 19, KILLING 66 PEOPLE.

French vessel detects signals likely from EgyptAir jet black box...

1st June, 2016 73

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THE FIRST SIGN OF A FIRE ON THE VALUJET FLIGHT OCCURRED A FEW MINUTES AFTER TAKEOFF, ACCORDING TO A REPORT BY THE U.S. NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION SAFETY BOARD.

Two people who are familiar with the Airbus A320 design said while the data may point to a fire on the plane, it didn't rule out other possibilities...

24th May, 2016 13

EGYPTAIR FLIGHT MS804 IMAGES OF DEBRIS RELEASED AS AIR AGENCY CONFIRMS SMOKE DETECTED ON BOARD

The EgyptAir Airbus A320 vanished early Thursday shortly after leaving Greek airspace en route from Paris to Cairo...

21st May, 2016 9

EGYPTIAN CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER SHERIF FATHI SAID THE POSSIBILITY OF A TERROR ATTACK AS THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH WAS STRONGER THAN TECHNICAL FAILURE.

An EgyptAir flight from Paris to Cairo lost contact with radar early Thursday morning with 66 passengers and crew on board. Here's what we know...

20th May, 2016 1