Pakistan: Six kids trapped after chairlift wire snaps

A helicopter arrives to rescue those trapped. Pic/AP

At least eight people, including six schoolchildren, were trapped 900 ft mid-air after the wires of their chairlift snapped in a mountainous area in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Tuesday, according to media reports. The children were headed to school when the incident occurred at around 8 am in Battagram's Allai tehsil, the Express Tribune newspaper reported.

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