Pakistan cable car owner arrested by police on endangerment and negligence charges

The owner of a faulty cable car, which left six children and two adults dangling 900ft above a ravine, has been arrested by police in Pakistan.

The incident happened on Tuesday at around 07:00 local time in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - a northwest province of Pakistan.

The incident saw the army called in after one of the two wires supporting the chair lift broke, leaving commuters hanging precariously over the valley. The chair lift could be seen swinging dangerously due to the helicopter's downdraft, with six individuals eventually rescued from the chair lift, located 274m above the valley, by soldiers on zip wires.All eight individuals - two teachers and six children, aged 10 and 16-years-old - had been travelling to school across the Allai valley when the accident occurred.

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