One person was killed and 10 others have been injured in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole, the interior ministry said.
Twenty-four cabins were stranded in the air on Friday evening and sixteen hours later, more than 60 people were still stranded in the remaining nine cabins in the air, the ministry said.
One hundred and twelve people had been rescued and none of the people waiting to be rescued had critical injuries or were in poor health, Disaster and Emergency Management Authority chairman Okay Memis told reporters at the scene, adding that they aimed to complete rescue work before sunset.
In a statement on social media platform X, the interior ministry said seven helicopters and more than 500 rescue workers were carrying out rescue efforts.
According to the information on its website, the cable car has 36 cabins with a capacity of six people each, and it takes an average of nine minutes to go uphill to the Tunektepe facility with panoramic views of the city of Antalya.
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