Sky tram rescue drill held in China's famed scenic area
STORY: Sky tram rescue drill held in China's famed scenic area
DATELINE: April. 10, 2022
LENGTH: 00:00:59
LOCATION: ZHANGJIAJIE, China
CATEGORY: SOCIETY
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1. various of the rescue drill at the Tianmen Mountain cableway in Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province
STORYLINE:
A rescue drill to evacuate visitors from sky trams was held on Friday in China's famed scenic spot Zhangjiajie, central China's Hunan Province.
The drill was set on a 7,455-meter-long cableway on Tianmen Mountain, one of China's steepest cableways with a difference in height of 1,279 meters, which transports more than 4 million tourists every year.
Rescuers simulated the scenario in which a cable in the air snapped and trapped the "tourists" inside the tram cabins. During the drill, rescuers deployed vertical rescue to crawl into the cabin and evacuate the trapped ones by a rope from the cabin's bottom door.
It's been a routine for the scenic spot to carry out a series of drills and exercises to shore up preparation for eme
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