passengers rescued to safety
All eight people who were stuck in a cable car dangling hundreds of metres above a ravine in Pakistan’s north-west for many hours have now been rescued.
In a slow and dangerous operation, a military helicopter rescued one child, while teams on the ground recovered the rest of the group after dark.
They were helped to safety along a zip line, with a huge crowd on top of the hillside celebrating their rescue.
The group were on their way to school when one of the car’s cables snapped.
It was left hanging precariously across 274metres (which is about 900 feets) above the ground and in high winds.