bOne person died and ten others were injured in a cable car accident in the southern Turkish city of Antalya. Turkish Health Minister Fahrettin Koca wrote on Platform X late on Friday evening that a cabin on the Tünektepe cable car had crashed. 184 people were trapped in the other 29 cable car cabins, 30 of whom have now been rescued. The health condition of the injured is not serious. They are in a hospital. The rescue work continued.
Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said one of the cable car's gondolas fell into a rocky area when the mast collapsed. This led to the death and injuries. Five people who were in the cabin were rescued by a helicopter. According to the Interior Minister, around 110 rescue workers were sent to the scene of the accident.
According to the state news agency Anadolu, the cable car was particularly busy because of the sugar festival at the end of the fasting month of Ramadan. One of the cable car masts fell over, a cabin hit it and fell into rocky terrain. Fire brigade, police and rescue teams are in the area.
Antalya's mayor Muhittin Böcek wrote on X early Saturday morning that rescue efforts for the stranded citizens were continuing. “We continue to work continuously until all evacuations can be carried out safely.” Anadolu reported that during the rescue work, a basket was brought from a helicopter to the cabins into which the people had to climb.
According to the operator, the cable car has been in operation since 2017 and consists of 36 cabins. It transports its guests to the summit of Tünektepe at a height of 605 meters. The journey takes around nine minutes. There is space for six people in a cabin. It can transport 1200 people per hour. From the summit there is a view of Antalya and the Mediterranean. Antalya is a popular tourist destination.
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