<p>Emergency services spokesman Roland Ampenberger says helicopter crews lifted the tourists to safety, including several children, early this morning after they had spent about 17 hours inside a gondola, suspended some 260 feet (80 metres) above the ground.<br /><br />Police say the cable car was stopped yesterday after a paraglider crashed into the cables of the cable car that climbs the Tegelberg mountain, but strong winds hindered a swift rescue effort.<br /><br />Tegelberg is within sight of one of Germany's most popular tourist attractions, the Neuschwanstein Castle which is often viewed as the inspiration for one of Walt Disney's fairy tale castles.</p>
<p>Emergency services spokesman Roland Ampenberger says helicopter crews lifted the tourists to safety, including several children, early this morning after they had spent about 17 hours inside a gondola, suspended some 260 feet (80 metres) above the ground.<br /><br />Police say the cable car was stopped yesterday after a paraglider crashed into the cables of the cable car that climbs the Tegelberg mountain, but strong winds hindered a swift rescue effort.<br /><br />Tegelberg is within sight of one of Germany's most popular tourist attractions, the Neuschwanstein Castle which is often viewed as the inspiration for one of Walt Disney's fairy tale castles.</p>