Children rescued from chairlift after cable snapped in Pakistan

Children rescued from chairlift after cable snapped in Pakistan
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All eight people have been rescued from a stricken cable car high above a remote Pakistan valley, a spokesperson for the state-run emergency services has said.

The group was left hanging 274 meters (900ft) above a ravine after a cable snapped. The children, who have been stranded since 7am local time (2am BST), were using the chairlift to get to school in a mountainous area in Battagram, about 125 miles (200km) north of Islamabad.

A helicopter plucked two children to safety before darkness and high winds meant the air rescue had to be called off. Rescuers used the cable keeping the gondola from plunging into the valley as a zipline to rescue three more children