Pakistani emergency workers using a helicopter have launched a rescue operation to try and save six children and two men trapped in a chairlift dangling 350 meters, or about 1,150 feet, above ground in the country's northwest. The chairlift was installed across a river canyon, connecting villages in Battagram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. One of its cables snapped off on Tuesday, leaving the chairlift hanging midair. Taimoor Khan, a spokesman for the disaster management authority, said the chairlift was used by local villagers to cross the river and shorten the distance to nearby schools, government offices and other businesses.

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