Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar ordered a helicopter to be sent to try and rescue those trapped aboard the cable car.
A picture of the cable car shows the compartment suspended high over the canyon, listing significantly to one side.Two army helicopters have been dispatched to the scene but the rescue mission is complicated due to gusty winds in the area and the fact the helicopters' rotor blades risk further destabilising the lift, he said.
Ghulamullah, chairman of the Allai valley told Geo News that"every time the helicopter lowered the rescuer closer to the chairlift the wind from the helicopter would shake and disbalance".Other local officials expressed concern the wind could make the supporting chain"snap".Army commandos could be seen on local TV trying to lower themselves on ropes from the choppers toward the gondola.
The incident comes several years after 10 people were killed when a cable car lift installed by local villagers in the popular mountain resort of Murree broke and fell into a ravine hundreds of feet deep in 2017.
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