Shortly before nightfall, the Civil Defense announced at 4:30 PM the end of the rescue operation for the 27 people stranded in the cabins of the Jounieh cable car.
Army helicopters and special forces units participated in these operations, which lasted several hours. Teams from the Lebanese Red Cross were also dispatched to the scene. The individuals had been stuck for nearly six hours.
The incident was caused by a technical failure that resulted in a collision between two cabins traveling from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Harissa to Jounieh. Fortunately, these cabins were empty. The opposite line had also experienced a malfunction.
Naji Boulos, one of the shareholders of the Cable Car company, affirmed that "cable and cabin maintenance is carried out periodically." He emphasized that "the reason for the technical failure has not yet been identified."
Commenting on the situation, caretaker Minister of the Interior Bassam Mawlawi stated, "The cable car incident is evidence of the irresponsibility that some have become accustomed to, and the lack of maintenance has made citizens hostages to what happened." "All credit for the rescue operation goes to the Lebanese Army and the Civil Defense," Mawlawi said at the end of a tour in Beirut.
Officials had visited the site to monitor the rescue operations.
Army helicopters and special forces units participated in these operations, which lasted several hours. Teams from the Lebanese Red Cross were also dispatched to the scene. The individuals had been stuck for nearly six hours.
The incident was caused by a technical failure that resulted in a collision between two cabins traveling from the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Harissa to Jounieh. Fortunately, these cabins were empty. The opposite line had also experienced a malfunction.
Naji Boulos, one of the shareholders of the Cable Car company, affirmed that "cable and cabin maintenance is carried out periodically." He emphasized that "the reason for the technical failure has not yet been identified."
Commenting on the situation, caretaker Minister of the Interior Bassam Mawlawi stated, "The cable car incident is evidence of the irresponsibility that some have become accustomed to, and the lack of maintenance has made citizens hostages to what happened." "All credit for the rescue operation goes to the Lebanese Army and the Civil Defense," Mawlawi said at the end of a tour in Beirut.
Officials had visited the site to monitor the rescue operations.
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