Tourists are stuck in a cable car hundreds of feet above the Indian mountain range and have to rope to safety
- The video shows a man lowering himself with a rope after being trapped in a cable car
- They were trekking the Parwanoo Timber Trail in India’s Shivalik Mountains
- The group was stranded for over an hour before some decided to climb down
Frightened tourists wereforced to climb out of a cable car using a rope after it got stuck high in the air over a mountain range in India.
While admiring the awe-inspiring views of the northern Shivalik Mountains, horror dawned on tourists when their cable car suddenly stopped.
They were hiking the Parwanoo Timber Trail when they found themselves caught in mid-air on Monday.
The video shows one of the 11 trapped tourists using a rope to descend from the cable car.
Terrified tourists traveling the Parwanoo Timber Trail in India’s Shivalik Mountains have been forced to climb out of a cable car using a rope after it became stuck high in air above a forest
The video shows one of the 11 trapped tourists using a rope to descend from the cable car. The tourists were stuck for at least 1.5 hours, local media reported
But many of the tourists couldn’t use the rope to get down, including children and elderly visitors.
The group was stranded for more than an hour before police and firefighters arrived to help evacuate the cable car.
Authorities used a second cable car to rescue the rest of the group, with Times of India reporting the entire car was safely evacuated.
A similar scene occurred on October 13, 1992, when the haul rope broke near the docking station and the cable car, carrying 11 passengers, slid backwards.
In a panic, the operator jumped out of the car as it began to skid and died in the fall.
“In India, security is never proactive, only thought of when lives are at stake,” commented one user on the Times of India report.
Another called for the cable cars to be suspended until operators can prove they meet the international safety standard approved by the Ministry of Tourism.
Many of the tourists could not use the rope to get down, including children and elderly visitors. Authorities used a second cable car to rescue the rest of the group, with Times of India reporting the entire car was safely evacuated
