Dozens of scared schoolchildren had to be airlifted from a mountain hiking trail after their teacher chose a route so dangerous it had been removed from official tourist guides.
Alpine rescuers from Vorarlberg, Austria, scrambled two helicopters and 50 extraction experts to pluck the 99 youngsters from a mountainside in heavy rain.
Furious officials are now blaming the adults accompanying the children, for misreading advice on the hazardous path.