Nine tourists were rescued after being trapped for about an hour in a park cable car that suddenly failed to work in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

 

A tourist climbs down a six-meter-long ladder from a cable car failed to work during a rescue operation in the Panzhihua Park in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 19, 2008. Nine tourists were rescued by firefighters after being trapped for about an hour in a park cable car that suddenly failed to work on Saturday.(Xinhua Photo/Wang Chuanyuan)

The tourists, including both elders and children, were stranded on the cable car in the Panzhihua Park in Panzhihua City near midday Saturday, according to the firefighters who carried out the rescue operation.

Rescuers managed to reach them with a six-meter-long ladder and carried them down within half an hour.

They suffered no injuries in the incident.

The cable car has been suspended for a full safety check, according to park managers.

  A tourist climbs down a ladder from a cable car failed to work during a rescue operation in the Panzhihua Park in Panzhihua City, southwest China's Sichuan Province, July 19, 2008. Nine tourists were rescued by firefighters after being trapped for about an hour in a park cable car that suddenly failed to work on Saturday. (Xinhua Photo/Wang Chuanyuan)

(Xinhua News Agency July 20, 2008)