RESORT RESCUE: Avoriaz Ski Resort, in the French Alps.

A Polish skier was hit by a plane in a bizarre incident at a French Alps resort.

After a failed take-off, the Jodel single-prop plane was unable to stop and slid down the slopes.

The light aircraft narrowly missed a group of children before clipping the 55-year-old victim, nearly severing her hand, reports say.

Her injuries were immediately attended to by a resort doctor before she was evacuated.

The 55-year-old was airlifted to hospital in a helicopter with what emergency services described as "near amputation".

The freak incident took place at Avoriaz, a ski resort high in the French Alps.