All eight passengers trapped inside a cable car since early morning in Khyber Pakhtunkhwas Battagram have been rescued after an operation that spanned over hours . The successful completion of the operation was confirmed in a statement issued by Rescue .
Interim Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar also confirmed the development on social media platform X formerly Twitter . The incident had occurred early in the morning estimated between am and am when six students and two locals were on the way to school .
They got stuck when two wires of the cable car snapped . The cable car remained dangling in the middle of a deep ravine surrounded by towering mountains and a rocky surface along with the Jhangri river for hours . A rescue official at the site of the incident told Reuters that initially two attempts at rescue were aborted .
He added that a cable feet above the dangling cable car was impeding the operation . The operation was complicated due to gusty winds in the area and the fact the rescue mission was complicated because of gusty wind in the rescue area and further destabilising the rescue operation was difficult due to windy winds .
State broadcaster Radio Pakistan meanwhile reported that food and drinks were being supplied to the stranded people via a small chairlift dolly . The army took the assistance of local cable crossings experts for this operation . Earlier the InterServices Public Relations ISPR said three more children had been rescued .
The rescue operation had been launched by local cable crossing experts for the operation. State broadcaster reported that they were being provided to the area. The operation. The rescue operations were underway. The children were rescued by the army.
The helicopter. was described as ‘a very safe and very low-costed and low-tech.
