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Watch: German skier survives massive avalanche on Mont Blanc, video goes viral

February 07, 2025 4:50 pm

The skier survived the avalanche but sustained serious injuries, including a broken leg and fractured ribs.

Planning to climb Mont Blanc? You might have to pay €15,000 to cover possible rescue and funeral costs

August 08, 2022 9:48 am

The mayor said that the specified deposit of €15,000 would cover the "average cost of a rescue (€10,000) and the funeral costs of a victim (€5,000)."

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Buried in Alps after 1966 plane crash, Made in India gems on show soon

December 12, 2021 7:02 am

🔴 These were part of the wreckage of a Mumbai-Geneva Air India passenger flight that crashed near the Mont Blanc summit on January 24, 1966, and killed all 117 passengers aboard, including nuclear scientist Homi Jehangir Bhabha.

Explained: Why a melting French glacier has thrown up decades-old Indian newspapers

July 16, 2020 7:06 am

The newspapers are among the remains of Air India Flight 101, which crashed on Mont Blanc in 1966, killing, among its 177 passengers, scientist Homi Bhabha.

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Body parts found on Mont Blanc may belong to 1966 Air India crash in French Alps

July 29, 2017 6:03 pm

Daniel Roche who found the bodies in the French Alps said that the remains he had found could be of a female passenger from the 1966 Boeing 707 flight, as he also discovered one of the plane's four jet engines.

Five climbers die on France's Mont Blanc

August 13, 2014 5:37 pm

The group had set out to climb the "Aiguille d'Argentiere" peak on the Mont Blanc massif.

Key safety norms may have been ignored

December 15, 2013 1:42 am

In the case of the most highrises in Mumbai,developers provide for them only in passages.

Climber finds Indian treasure at Mont Blanc

September 27, 2013 3:40 am

Jewels worth $332,000 were on an Air India plane that crashed in the Alps 50 yrs ago.

At T3,shop now,collect on return

August 18, 2011 1:59 am

Passengers travelling out of Terminal 3 of the Indira Gandhi International Airport can now shop duty free at the departure lounge and collect the goods on their arrival back at the airport.

Travel postcard: 48 hours in Geneva

June 24, 2011 6:12 pm

A setting on western Europe's largest lake with Mont Blanc,western Europe's highest peak,as a backdrop,explains why Geneva has a wealth of healthy looking citizens who arrived for months and have stayed for years.