
3 Dead, 8 Stranded Mid-Air After Cable Car Accident In Jharkhand
NDTV
The death count in the accident climbed to three when a person fell down from a helicopter while being rescued last evening.
Around 39 people were rescued while eight remain trapped mid-air in three cable cars following a malfunction of a ropeway at Trikut Hills in Jharkhand's Deoghar district on Sunday. देवघर त्रिकुट रोपवे हादसे में फँसे हुए लोगों को सुरक्षित निकालने के लिए प्रशासन, सेना और NDRF की टीम पूरी मुस्तैदी के साथ काम कर रही है।मैं स्थिति पर लगातार नजर रख रहा हूँ। शीघ्र ही सभी सकुशल निकाल लिए जायेंगे।
Most passengers were airlifted with the help of two Air Force helicopters while others were helped to land vertically.
Deoghar Deputy Commissioner Manjunath Bhajantri said the rescue operations were being carried out by the combined teams of the Indian Air Force, Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police and National Disaster Response Force (NDRF).
The death count in the accident climbed to three when a person fell down from a helicopter while being rescued last evening.