Dozens of tourists rescued from French Alps cable cars

France: 65 tourists, including a 10-year-old child who were trapped in cable cars hanging above the Alps overnight in the French city of Chamonix , have all been rescued safely on Friday.

The mountain rescue service says the tourist were brought to Chamonix and the Italian town of Courmayeur on Friday morning.

According to reports, a series of cable cars got stuck after cables twisted at 3,600 metres altitude over the Mont Blanc massif in the Alps on Thursday, prompting for a major rescue operation.

French interior minister said 65 people were rescued, but 45 of them had to be left there overnight after rescue operations were suspended due to rough flight conditions for helicopters.

Rescue teams provided trapped tourists with blankets, food and water to help weather the chilly mountain night-time conditions.