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Passengers were isolated as a ski lift stopped in Pyeongchang, Gangwon-do, where the perceived temperature dropped to minus 20 degrees today.
Fortunately, no one was seriously injured, but around 40 passengers had to hang in the air for more than three hours in strong winds.
This is Reporter Lee Byung-sun.
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A ski resort where the sun sets.
The lift came to a stop in the air with a person on board.
More than forty people were tied up, suspended 10 meters in the air.
[곽명신/고립 승객]
“You can do it. I’ve been standing like this for 25 minutes and I have to do something.”
Firefighters dispatched after receiving a report carefully climbed ropes to carry out rescue operations, but it is not easy to reach.
[구조 대원]
“Go down, go down. Tension (Pull the string.) Go down, tension.”
Passing through the darkness, users come down the rope one by one.
[구조 대원]
“Slowly, slowly.”
The lift for beginners and intermediates at this ski resort came to an end and stopped altogether around 4pm today.
[곽명신/고립 승객]
“There is a temporary stop in the middle of the climb. I thought that was it, but it happened like this once or twice or three times, and then it didn’t work, so I called 119 after that.”
At the time of isolation, winds of up to 10 meters per second were blowing in Daegwallyeong, Pyeongchang, and the perceived temperature was below minus 20 degrees Celsius.
The ski resort rushed to recover the machine, but most of the passengers had to fight against the fierce cold for more than three hours while hanging in the air.
The fire department announced the first phase of the response, where all fire department personnel in the jurisdiction were mobilized to rescue, and at the same time deliver winter goods to passengers to prevent additional accidents such as hypothermia.
Fortunately, there were no major injuries such as falls.
The ski center said it would investigate the cause of the malfunction and compensate the passengers for damage.
This is Lee Byung-seon from MBC News.
Video editing: Min-soo Cha / Video provided by Gangwon-do Fire Headquarters, Kim Jin-hwa viewers, Kwak Myung-sin viewers
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