Eight individuals, including six children, were left stranded at a height of 900 feet mid-air in Pakistan‘s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province after a cable car wire broke.
The incident occurred in Allai tehsil in Allai District, during the schoolchildren’s commute around 8 am. The privately-operated cable car served as transportation in the absence of roads or bridges.
An army helicopter was dispatched for their rescue. Gulfaraz, a passenger, revealed the ordeal started with one wire breaking at 7 am, followed by another. Mansehra Deputy Inspector General of Police Tahir Ayub stated that the army copter was the only rescue option.
The chairlift facilitates around 150 schoolchildren’s daily commute, according to teacher Zafar Iqbal.
Eight people including six children were left stranded in mid-air after a wire of the cable car in Battagram’s Allai tehsil snapped on Tuesday.
The incident occurred at 8am in the morning when the children were on the way to school.
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