Tourists stranded after Langkawi cable car breaks down


PETALING JAYA: Eighty-eight Langkawi SkyCab passengers were trapped in gondolas while another 800 tourists were stranded after the cable car system experienced a technical fault on Sunday evening.

Kedah Fire and Rescue Department spokesman Mohamad Mustakim Mukhtar said that the some 800 were stuck at two stations on Mount Machinchang, which is 713m high. 

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