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Tourists are stuck in cable car hundreds of feet above Indian mountain range… and have to LOWER THEMSELVES down a rope to safety
- Video shows a man lowering himself via rope after getting trapped in a cable car
- They’d been travelling the Parwanoo Timber Trail in India’s Shivalik mountains
- The group were stranded for over an hour before some opted to climb down
Terrified tourists were forced to climb out of a cable car using a rope after it got stuck high up in the air above a mountain range in India.
While admiring the striking views of the northern Shivalik mountains, horror dawned on the tourists when their cable car suddenly stopped.
They’d been travelling the Parwanoo Timber Trail when they found themselves trapped in mid air on Monday.
Video shows one of the 11 trapped tourists lowering himself down from the cable car using a rope.
Terrified tourists travelling the Parwanoo Timber Trail in India’s Shivalik mountains were forced to climb out of a cable car using a rope after it got stuck high up in the air above a forest
Video shows one of the 11 trapped tourists lowering himself down from the cable car using a rope. The tourists were stuck for at least 1.5 hours, local media reported
But many of the sightseers were unable to use the rope to get down, including children and elderly visitors.
The group were stranded for more than an hour before police and fire teams arrived to help evacuate the cable car.
Authorities used a second cable car to rescue the rest of the group, with Times of India reporting the entire car was evacuated safely.
A similar scene happened on October 13, 1992, when the haulage cable broke near the docking station and the cable car carrying 11 passengers slid backwards.
In panic, the operator jumped off the car just as it began its slide and he died in the fall.
‘In India safety is never proactive, it is only thought of when lives are put at risk,’ said a user commenting under the Time’s of India’s report.
Another called for the cable cars to be suspended until operators can prove they meet the international safety standard approved by the Ministry of Tourism.
Many of the sightseers were unable to use the rope to get down, including children and elderly visitors. Authorities used a second cable car to rescue the rest of the group, with Times of India reporting the entire car was evacuated safely
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