{"id":359329,"date":"2023-08-22T09:16:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/22\/6-pak-children-among-8-stranded-mid-air-in-cable-car-rescue-ops-on\/"},"modified":"2023-08-22T09:16:00","modified_gmt":"2023-08-22T09:16:00","slug":"6-pak-children-among-8-stranded-mid-air-in-cable-car-rescue-ops-on","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/08\/22\/6-pak-children-among-8-stranded-mid-air-in-cable-car-rescue-ops-on\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Pak Children Among 8 Stranded Mid-Air In Cable Car, Rescue Ops On"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/1lcojs6_pak-cable_625x300_22_August_23.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\"><span itemprop=\"video\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\"><meta itemprop=\"headline\" content=\"6 Pak Children Among 8 Stranded Mid-Air In Cable Car, Rescue Ops On\"\/><meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"6 Pak Children Among 8 Stranded Mid-Air In Cable Car, Rescue Ops On\"\/><meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"6 Pak Children Among 8 Stranded Mid-Air In Cable Car, Rescue Ops On\"\/><meta itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/1lcojs6_pak-cable_625x300_22_August_23.jpg\"\/><meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-08-22T14:46:19+05:30\"\/><meta itemprop=\"embedUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=719166&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\"\/><meta itemprop=\"ContentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/ndtvod.pc.cdn.bitgravity.com\/23372\/ndtv\/CableCar_133125_68394_5000.mp4\"\/><meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"T0M15S\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe id=\"videoembed\" class=\"videembedload\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2023-08\/1lcojs6_pak-cable_625x300_22_August_23.jpg?im=FeatureCrop,algorithm=dnn,width=650,height=400\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/video\/embed-player\/?id=719166&amp;category=embed&amp;autostart=1&amp;pWidth=650&amp;pHeight=403&amp;embed_type=story&amp;mute=1&amp;autostart=1&amp;mutestart=true&amp;ctitle=1&amp;miniplayer=1&amp;cache=2022\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowtransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:100%; height:403px; padding-bottom: 0px;padding-left:0px;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">At least six chidren are stranded mid-air in Pakistan (Representational)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">Islamabad: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Six children and two adults were suspended inside a cable car dangling over a deep Pakistani valley on Tuesday, as a military helicopter hovered nearby.<\/p>\n<p>The children were using the chairlift to cross the valley to get to school when a cable broke at a height of up to 1,200 feet (about 365 metres) midway through its journey in a remote, mountainous part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For God&#8217;s sake help us,&#8221; Gulfraz, a man stuck in the cable car, told Pakistan television channel Geo News by phone, confirming eight people were on board.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It has been nearly five hours since we are stuck mid-air. The situation is so bad that one man has already fainted. A helicopter arrived, but left without conducting any operations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The accident happened around 7:00 am local time, with residents using mosque loudspeakers to alert neighbourhood officials across the valley.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cable car is suspended by a single rope. There are a minimum of eight occupants primarily consisting of schoolchildren,&#8221; Abdul Basit Khan, a senior official for the provincial rescue agency, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The group had already been suspended in the air for more than four hours when a Pakistan Army helicopter arrived on the scene, according to images shown on local television.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The cable car is stuck in a place where it is almost impossible to help without a helicopter,&#8221; Zulfiqar Khan, an official with Pakistan&#8217;s 1122 rescue service, told AFP.<\/p>\n<p>The cable hangs in the middle of a deep ravine surrounded by stunning mountains, where cable cars are frequently used to connect remote villages and towns.<\/p>\n<p>The National Disaster Management Agency said in a statement that six children and two adults were on board at a height of at least 900 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Syed Hammad Haider, a senior Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) provincial official, said the cable car was hanging about 1,000 to 1,200 feet above the ground.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have requested the KP government to provide a helicopter because the relief activity is not possible without the help of a helicopter,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p><i>(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/pakistan-cable-car-6-children-among-8-stranded-mid-air-in-pak-cable-car-rescue-ops-on-4318344\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] At least six chidren are stranded mid-air in Pakistan (Representational) Islamabad: Six children and two adults were suspended inside a cable car dangling over a deep Pakistani valley on Tuesday, as a military helicopter hovered nearby. 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