Six schoolchildren and two men are trapped inside a chairlift dangling 900ft in the air over a deep valley in Pakistan.
Rescue efforts are underway to save the eight desperate people onboard after one of the cables snapped during their ride.
The snapping left the chairlift suspended in mid-air high above River Canyon in the Allai Tehsil area of Khyber Pakthtunkhawa province in India.
A spokesman for the disaster management authority said the group have stuck inside the contraption for six hours.
Pakistan’s caretaker Prime Minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, ordered a dispatch of a helicopter to the site to aid rescue efforts.
Hopefully, the rescue team would successfully pluck the people out of the chairlift to safety.
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Military choppers had reached the cable car, yet it is unclear if their rescue attempt is successful.
According to local media, the snapped cable trapped the passengers for more than four hours before the first helicopter arrived.
Their early morning ordeal began at 7.00 a.m. local time.
One of those stuck inside, Gulfraz, said during a phone call with TV channel Geo News: “For God’s sake, help us!”. (sun.co.uk)
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