All eight people, including six schoolchildren, trapped for hours in a stuck cable car high above a remote Pakistani valley were brought to safety late on Tuesday, the rescue service said, quoted by the BBC and AFP.
“The rescue operation is over. The two adults were the last to be rescued,” said Bilal Faizi, an official with Pakistan’s emergency services.
The crashed cabin in Pakistan hung about 900 feet (274 meters) above a chasm in the Hindu Kush mountains for a day.
The rescued children and adults were rescued using a helicopter that was able to reach the cabin despite strong winds.
The rescue operation in Pakistan caught the attention of the whole world on Tuesday.
4 Children have now been rescued from the Cable car at #Battagramthe rescue operation is still ongoing, this is a joint rescue operation conducted by Army aviation and Pak Air Force helicopters @OfficialDGISPR #SSG #ISPR pic.twitter.com/baSy3SlVLw
— Pakistan Armed Forces News ???????? (@PakistanFauj) August 22, 2023
The children were traveling to school in a mountainous region when the incident occurred.
The cabin was supported by only one rope.
Pakistan Army Aviation helicopter and Special Service Group (SSG) personnel carry out a damage and risk assessment in preparations for a rescue operation at #Battagram cable car incident site@OfficialDGISPR #PakistanArmy #ISPR pic.twitter.com/yr7UhslCrI
— Pakistan Armed Forces News ?ﾟﾇﾰ (@PakistanFauj) August 22, 2023
Because of the strong wind, the helicopters could not save them for a long time.
The children are from a mountain village and every day they walk two hours in the direction of school in a neighboring village.
The children are aged between 10 and 15 and the condition of some of them has deteriorated.
This morning the lift had already made four runs to and from the school. The ropes broke on the fifth course.
Many children who live in remote and mountainous parts of Pakistan rely on lifts to get to school and then back home. Some of the machines do not have regular maintenance and can be a risky form of travel.
Pakistan is praying the rescue mission get’s successful. Army Helicopters and SSG have been at the rescue of people stuck in Batgram Cable Car for more than seven hours or so. pic.twitter.com/SnbaN7yE17
— Shiffa Z. Yousafzai (@Shiffa_ZY) August 22, 2023
2023-08-22 20:21:08
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