Pakistan cable car: Relief as all passengers brought to safety
Pakistan cable car: Relief as all passengers brought to safety
All eight people who were stuck in a cable car dangling hundreds of metres above a ravine in Pakistan's north-west for many hours have now been rescued.
In a slow and dangerous operation, a military helicopter rescued one child, while teams on the ground recovered the rest of the group after dark.
They were helped to safety along a zip line, with a huge crowd on top of the hillside celebrating their rescue.
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In a slow and dangerous operation, a military helicopter rescued one child, while teams on the ground recovered the rest of the group after dark.
One of the children, a teenage boy, has a heart condition and was unconscious for several hours, an adult on board named Gulfaraz told local media.
The car is a popular and cheap mode of transport to get across the Allai valley - cutting a two-hour road journey through mountainous terrain to just four minutes.
Residents used loudspeakers to alert officials to the crisis, but it took at least four hours for the first rescue helicopter to arrive at the remote location, local media outlet Dawn reported.
Anxious crowds, including relatives of those trapped, quickly gathered along the ravine, watching on as military helicopters battled against the strong winds to lower commandos to the stranded car.
In addition to gusty winds, there were concerns that the helicopter's rotor blades could further destabilise the cable car, and as night set in the operation was suspended.
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