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The
tourists were atop the 2,970-meter (9,744 ft) Piz Gloria
mountain when a technical defect disabled a gondola further down
the mountain, the Schilthorn AG company, which operates the
cable car system, said in a statement.
The guests were then taken in a separate cable car to a nearby
ridge, where four helicopters were enlisted to ferry them the
rest of the way down the mountain to the ski station of Muerren.
Despite their unscheduled flights, the tourists had an easier
time of it than Australian actor George Lazenby's fictional Bond
character did in the classic spy film when he was pursued down
the frozen slopes below Piz Gloria by a gang of
machine-gun-toting bad guys on skis.
The helicopter transports began about 1130 GMT, with all 400
tourists transported safely to Muerren by 1500 GMT, Schilthorn
AG spokesman Ruedi Bravand said.
While the view from the mountaintop is stirring, there was no
word on whether the guests were shaken by the incident.
(; Editing by Toby ChopraReporting by John Miller)
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