A cable car comes down from Schilthorn mountain (altitude 2970 m/ 9744 feet) at the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland August 7, 2012. Picture taken August 7, 2012. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann
ZURICH (Reuters) - Helicopters airlifted about 400 people off the Swiss mountain featured in the 1969 James Bond movie "On Her Majesty's Secret Service" on Thursday after a cable car broke down, stranding them briefly at about 10,000 feet above sea level.
The tourists were atop the 2,970-metre (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.
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