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SWSMavalanche – by Sejal Mandal Video shows how a skier is lucky to be alive after he deployed his airbag during an avalanche. Witness Morgan Akhourfi, 24, was skiing with his friends near the Col du Géant on the Italian side of Mont Blanc on January 29. The group had stopped for a break when Morgan ‘s helmet camera captured a skier being swept away by an avalanche. Terrifying footage shows the skier disappearing under the snow and tumbling 300 metres down the mountain towards a 50-meter cliff. Luckily, the man, who wasn’t named, survived after triggering his avalanche airbag…