People watch as an army soldier slings down from a helicopter during a rescue mission to recover students stuck in a chairlift i —AFP PESHAWAR, Aug 22 (BBC): Rescuers are struggling to free six children and two adults trapped in a cable car dangling above a ravine in Pakistan. A military commando has tried to reach the car twice while hanging from a helicopter, but strong winds are hindering the precarious operation.
Meanwhile, a rope is being laid on both sides of the cable car in an alternative rescue plan, a local official says.
The children, aged between 10 and 16, were going to school in Battagram when one of the cables snapped - leaving the car stuck 274m (900 ft) above ground.
A 16-year-old boy in the car has a heart condition and has been unconscious for at least two hours, an adult stuck in the car told the BBC.
They have been trapped for more than 10 hours - and a local resident tells the AFP news agency the car is now "suspended by a single rope".
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