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ISLAMABAD - Pakistan’s military has rescued four children out of eight people trapped in a cable car dangling over a high ravine, after two of its wires snapped early on Tuesday morning, in a high-risk operation complicated by gusty winds and fading light.
The first child was rescued by Pakistan Army personnel in a helicopter, a police commissioner said, adding that belts had been delivered to the passengers inside the cable car. They got stuck at a height of approximately 900m when two wires of the cable car snapped, Allai chairman Mufti Ghulamullah said, adding that the cable car was privately run by locals to cross the river, as there were no roads or bridges in the area. State media, however, gauged that the cable car was stuck at a height of around 300m.
A little before noon, nearly four hours after the children got stuck, television footage showed a Pakistan Army helicopter arriving at the site. Meanwhile, local school teacher Zafar Iqbal confirmed the same development to Geo News. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar has directed the authorities to immediately rescue the trapped people, Radio Pakistan reported.
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