Global Information2023 Battagram cable car incident information
 Still from drone footage of the cable car | |
| Date | 22 August 2023 |
|---|---|
| Duration | 14 hours |
| Location | Battagram, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Cause | Cable snap |
| Participants | 6 children and 2 adults |
| Outcome | All passengers rescued |
On 22 August 2023, in the Allai valley near the city of Battagram, situated in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, a cable car, used by local residents, primarily students, for daily commuting to school, became the centre of a rescue operation after one of its cables snapped, leaving six children and two adults stranded approximately 274 meters (900 feet) above the ground.[1] All individuals were later rescued that day.
- ^ Khan, Haq Nawaz; Bisset, Victoria; Hussain, Shaiq. "Pakistan saves two of 6 children stuck in cable car 900 feet in air". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 August 2023.