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BERLIN — Emergency helicopters rescued 20 people Saturday who had been trapped for 17 hours overnight on an Alpine cable car near Germany’s most famous castle.
Helicopter crews lifted the cable car operator and 19 tourists to safety early Saturday from a gondola suspended 330 feet above the ground on Tegelberg mountain in southern Germany, said emergency services spokesman Roland Ampenberger.
The cable car that climbs the mountain was halted Friday after a paraglider tandem flight crashed into its cables, but strong winds hindered a swift rescue, police said.
