Tourists evacuated from Swiss Alps ski resort after cable car breaks down

Helicopters and chairlift used to carry almost 300 people from ski station at altitude of 3,000 metres

Helicopters have been used to evacuate nearly 300 people from a high-mountain station in the Swiss Alps after a cable car to the top broke down.

A technical problem was detected on Thursday morning involving a cable car up to the popular Glacier 3000 ski resort in Les Diablerets mountain massif in south-western Switzerland, the station chief said.