Jharkhand ropeway accident: After more than 40 hours, all tourists trapped in cable cars rescued; HC takes cognisance
Written by Shresta Dutt on April 12, 2022
Fourteen of the remaining 15 tourists who were trapped mid-air on a ropeway at Trikut hills for around 40 hours were rescued by Indian Air Force helicopters, bringing an end to the operations
The rescue operations that were beingf carried out by the Indian Air Force (IAF), Army, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and the district personnel in Jharkhand’s Deoghar have been completed.
As per news agency PTI, all the tourists trapped in cable cars in Jharkhand’s Deoghar district have been rescued, while one more person has fallen off a helicopter when she was being winched up, taking the death toll in the incident to three, officials said on Tuesday.
The India Air Forces shared the details of the rescue operation on Twitter.
