A major rescue operation is underway Saturday in Antalya, Turkey, as 43 people remain trapped in a cable car in the air after a support pillar collapsed on Friday. The rescuers are continuing the extrication efforts having so far saved 128 passengers, while there was also one person who lost his life. The accident happened, according to APE-MBE, on Friday afternoon (13.04.2024), when a cable car cabin collided with a pole, causing it to open and its passengers falling into space. Rescue operations continued throughout the night and at midday on Saturday, the head of Turkey's Search and Rescue Agency (AFAD), Okey Memis, said that “128 civilians in 16 wagons were rescued under very difficult conditions. The rescue of another 43 in eight remaining pods is underway.” The Antalya General Prosecutor's Office has launched an investigation into the accident, while an expert committee including mechanical and electrical engineers and health and safety experts has been appointed to determine […]
Source: News Beast
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