One of many poles of the cable automobile belonging to Antalya Metropolitan Municipality broke off and hit the cabin. When the ground of the cabin broke, 8 folks inside fell to the bottom from a top of meters. Within the accident, 1 particular person within the cabin died and seven folks had been injured. Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Mayor Muhittin Böcek acknowledged that 184 folks had been trapped in 25 cabins because of the accident and efforts had been persevering with to rescue them.
One of many cabins of the cable automobile, which was in operation on the 605-altitude Tünektepe Cable Automobile and Social Services, positioned within the Central Konyaaltı district of Antalya and owned by an organization of Antalya Metropolitan Municipality, fell for an unknown purpose.
1 DEAD, 7 INJURED
Within the accident, 1 particular person within the cabin died and seven folks had been injured. The injured had been taken from the scene by a helicopter affiliated with the Coast Guard Command and brought to hospitals. The investigation into the incident continues.
Cable automobile catastrophe in Antalya Assertion from Minister Yerlikaya and Muhittin Böcek: There are useless and injured. Whereas the groups proceed to work to achieve the cabin, Antalya Metropolitan Municipality Hearth Division groups take the residents out of the cabins within the space near the departure level and go away them to the secure space.
Cable automobile catastrophe in Antalya Assertion from Minister Yerlikaya and Muhittin Böcek: There are useless and injured. A citizen who received off the cable automobile mentioned that they heard an explosion and the cable automobile stopped after shaking violently, they didn’t know what occurred but.
IDENTITIES HAVE BEEN DETERMINED
The identities of those that fell from a top because of the cable automobile base breaking in Antalya had been decided. Whereas it was decided that the one who misplaced his life within the incident was Memiş Gümüş (54), the names of the 7 folks injured are as follows;
STATEMENT FROM MINISTER YERLİKAYA
Minister of Inner Affairs of the Republic of Turkey Ali Yerlikaya made a press release concerning the accident on his social media account. Minister Yerlikaya used the next statements:
At present, because of the collapse of one of many poles carrying the Sarısu-Tünektepe cable automobile line in Antalya Konyaaltı district, one of many wagons fell into the rocky space; Sadly, 1 of our residents on the cable automobile misplaced his life and seven folks had been injured.
Whereas AFAD and Antalya Metropolitan Municipality fireplace brigades had been finishing up rescue efforts, our Coast Guard helicopter evacuated 5 folks trapped within the wagon; Evacuation efforts for the two injured proceed.
A Gendarmerie helicopter with evening flight functionality took off from Aydın to the area at 20:00 to evacuate a complete of 184 folks in 25 cabins.
With a purpose to coordinate the work in Antalya, our Search and Rescue Division Head moved to the area by helicopter together with his 20-person Mountaineer crew.
To the incident; Antalya Provincial AFAD, Hearth Brigade, 112 Well being, UMKE, Police and a couple of coast guard helicopters are concerned within the intervention with a complete of 110 folks.
Moreover, with 30 skilled Mountaineer groups from Bursa Provincial AFAD and JAK; 25 Mountaineer groups from Erzurum Provincial AFAD and JAK are transported to the area by air.
Might God have mercy on our citizen who misplaced his life, and I want a speedy restoration to the injured. The general public shall be knowledgeable concerning the developments.
