It’s possible the airbag played a role in saving his life but honestly it feels like a miracle he survived,” a witness said.

One skier recently had the scare of his life after being swept some 300 meters while skiing near Mont Blanc. The airbag in ...

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Five off-piste skiers were killed in two separate avalanches in the French Alps on Wednesday, officials confirmed. Four ...

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Along with the rescue transceiver, he was also wearing an avalanche airbag backpack, but it did not deploy, CAIC said. “He had skied on Red Mountain Pass for 16 years and knew the terrain on Red ...

The agency said the skier who died was descending at the time of the slide and wore an avalanche airbag backpack, which was armed and functional but did not deploy. Spokesperson Kelsy Been later ...

In addition to his transceiver, the outlet reported, Moden was wearing an avalanche airbag backpack that never deployed. He was likely skiing downhill when he was engulfed by the snowslide ...