The Pakistan Army on Sunday rescued all the tourists stuck in the air after a chairlift wire detached from the pulley due to typhoon in Murree, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said.
A popular visiting spot in Murree, the elevated chairlifts met with a malfunction resulting in hundreds of people getting stuck in the air precariously.
The operation to retrieve and rescue all chairlift riders was completed by the army contingent along with the civil administration, and all the tourists were safely evacuated. “Army engineers repaired the cable tower to rescue the tourists”, the army’s media wing said.
Chairlifts are a main tourist attraction in Patriata, which is the highest point in the area where the hills stand 7,500 feet above sea level.
In 2017, at least 10 people were killed and two injured when a chairlift cable broke and people plunged into a ravine.
The accident occurred some 30 kilometres north of Islamabad in the Charra Pani village of Murree.
