One killed and 184 stranded midair after cable car collapses in Turkey

Dozens still stranded after deadly Turkey cable car accident

ISTANBUL — Forty-three people remained stranded in mid-air on Saturday, hours after a pylon supporting cable cars collapsed outside the southern Turkish resort city of Antalya killing one person, rescue services said. Ten people were injured in the accident, which happened late Friday afternoon, after one cable car in the Sarisu-Tunektepe system plummeted into a rocky area, Health Minister Fahrettin Koca said. A total of 128 passengers were resc…

Dozens rescued after cable car accident kills one person in Turkey

After an operation lasting almost 24 hours, 184 people stranded in midair since Friday afternoon have been rescued.

Turkey: 174 people rescued after deadly cable car accident

A 57-year-old man died when his cable car pod burst open, causing those inside to plummet to the ground. Other passengers were stranded overnight as the complex rescue operation spanned two days.

174 people stranded in the air rescued, almost a day after a fatal cable car accident

ISTANBUL (AP) — The last of 174 people stranded in cable cars high above a mountain in southern Turkey were brought to safety Saturday, nearly 23 hours after one pod hit a pole and burst open, killing one person and injuring seven when they plummeted to the rocks below.

1 Dead, 10 injured in cable car accident in southern Turkey

ISTANBUL — One person died and 10 others injured Friday in the southern Turkish province of Antalya after a cable car cabin collided with a broken pole, the interior ministry said Saturday.  Twenty-four cabins were stranded in the air at 5:23 p.m. Friday. Sixteen hours later, more than 60 people were still stranded in the remaining nine cabins in the air, the ministry said; 112 people had been rescued.  None of the people waiting to be rescued h…