Geneva, Switzerland: Helicopters were used to evacuate nearly 300 people from a high-mountain station in the Swiss Alps on Thursday after a cable car to the top broke down.

A technical issue was detected around 11:00 am (0900 GMT) involving a cable car up to the popular Glacier 3000 ski resort in the Les Diablerets mountain massif in southwestern Switzerland, the station chief said.

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