Haifa Cable Car Strands Dozens After Power Outage
Translated & summarized from NEWSru Israel by baba
Dozens of people were stranded for over an hour in Haifa's "Rahbalit" cable car cabins due to a major power outage. Emergency services and municipality workers are working on evacuation and repairs. The incident occurred just two days after the fire department conducted evacuation drills for the same system.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Dozens of passengers were stranded for over an hour in Haifa's "Rahbalit" cable car due to a power outage.
- Emergency services and Haifa Municipality employees are working to evacuate passengers.
- The cable car incident happened just two days after evacuation drills were held.
- An operational headquarters has been set up at the scene with firefighters and rescuers.
- The operating company is managing the evacuation of passengers from the cabins.
Dozens of passengers were stranded for over an hour in the aerial tramway cabins in Haifa, known locally as the "Rahbalit," after a widespread power outage caused the system to halt mid-air. Fire and rescue services, along with Haifa Municipality employees, are actively working to resolve the malfunction and evacuate the passengers. An operational headquarters has been established at the scene, staffed by firefighters and rescuers. The company operating the cable car is conducting evacuation procedures for those trapped in the cabins. Notably, the "Kabaut ve-Atzala" press service pointed out that just two days prior, the Haifa fire station had conducted specific drills for evacuating people from heights using these very cabins. Less than 48 hours later, rescuers found themselves executing a real-life operation.
