Man (54) dies and seven people injured
broke apart after colliding with part of the metal structure supporting it on Friday, sending its eight terrified occupants plummeting to the rocky hillside below.
The cable cars normally transport passengers to a point high up the steep, tree-covered mountain that offers views of sweeping views of the hills, the city of Antalya and the Mediterranean Sea. Friday may have been a particularly busy evening for tourism there; the weekend began as Muslims celebrated Eid, the multiday holiday that marks the end of Ramadan.
Images from the site showed the broken car, without its floor and with its windows shattered, hanging yards above the ground in the evening twilight. Other cabins – many with shaken occupants still inside – stretched ahead and behind it on the line’s long cables, suspended like tiny orange fruits from a vine above the rocks and trees below.
Rescuers managed to evacuate 137 people overnight and into Saturday morning, and officials said they finally concluded the operation on Saturday afternoon – nearly a full day after the incident stopped the cars on the line in place.
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