In Pakistan, a daring rescue operation was underway on Tuesday after eight people including six schoolchildren were trapped in a cable car dangling over a valley 274m (900 ft) above ground at 07:00 local time.
The eight people were on the way to a school in a mountainous part of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province when a cable snapped, leaving the cable car dangling precariously from a single cable.
Pakistans Acting Prime Minster ordered soldiers to attend the really alarming incident to rescue the eight people when an army helicopter reached the scene.
The situation remains delicate as the hanging cable car is open from both sides and not confined. Passengers have been stuck on the cable car for more than 10 hours but can only be reached by helicopter.
According to Pakistani news channel Geo News, the commando helicopter attempted to descend but due to strong wind speed the rescue mission is proving difficult and taking much longer.
It is not unusual to use cable cars in mountain areas.
These cable cars are usually built by the community and sometimes illegally.
Cable cars are used from one mountain to another for all different purposes, like transporting food and water, rather than using the road as it is cheaper.
This is why children use them, as it takes four minutes instead of two hours to get to school.
It is evening in Pakistan and sunset is at 18:48.
The rescue time is short, and the operation could be even more difficult even with an alternative rescue plan that could go ahead.
Pakistani authorities later said all eight people trapped in a cable car suspended high above a river canyon had been rescued after their 14 hour ordeal.
