A helicopter has plucked to safety 20 people stranded in mid-air on a cable car in southern Germany after a paraglider collided with the cables. The 19 passengers and conductor were brought to safety after spending 18 hours suspended 80 metres above the ground at Mt Tegelberg in Bavaria. Rescuers supplied food and blankets, and toys for six children aboard, while waiting for strong winds to die down. They also freed the paraglider and his tandem passenger.