Pakistan Military Rescues Eight From Dangling Cable Car| VOA News

Pakistan said late Tuesday that an hours-long, military-led operation had rescued all eight people trapped in a cable car hanging high over a #ravine after two of the three lines suddenly broke.

👉 Officials said the cable car was carrying mostly students to school in the northern, mountainous Battagram district early Tuesday when the incident happened halfway across the ravine, about 182 meters (597 feet) above the ground.

The cable car dangled by a single line as military helicopters and commandos gradually retrieved its trapped passengers with the help of local engineers in an effort that continued into the night.

Pakistani caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar announced the conclusion of the rescue mission, which lasted more than 13 hours.