This is the horrifying moment a chairlift collapsed in a Russian resort, which saw four people plunge into a lake and six others hit the ground.
The ride from hell left a dozen people injured in Nalchik, in the mountainous region of Kabardino-Balkaria in southern Russia on Friday.
Footage shows how the chairs suddenly fall, with passengers heard screaming as they fall into a wooded area.
Another video captured on CCTV shows the cable cars going down and falling into the lake below.
People are believed to have fallen from a height of up to seven feet, but there were no fatalities.
Emergency services reportedly spent over an hour trying to reach those who had fallen into a wooded area.
Those injured were rushed to the hospital, and one is in critical condition, according to the regional health ministry.
A child was also among those hurt in the accident.
A chairlift collapsed yesterday in in Nalchik, southern Russia
A dozen people were injured after falling from the height, and one was in critical condition
Footage shows how the moment the chairs suddenly fall, with passengers plunging into the lake below
Thirteen people were also left dangling on the chairs and had to be evacuated by emergency services, local media reports.
The chairlift was first built in 1968, and emergency services believe wear and tear of cables was the ‘preliminary cause of the accident’.
According to local media, there had been several complaints about the state of the cable car, with tourists describing it as ‘rusty’ and ‘old’.
The terrifying fall occurred after a tragic incident in April when a British couple lost their lives as the cable car they were in fell 100 feet down an Italian mountainside.
The travelers were ascending Monte Faito, which offers views of the Bay of Naples, accompanied by two Israeli tourists and the cabin’s operator, identified by Italian reports as 59-year-old Carmine Parlato.
The excursion began with the group boarding one of the cableway’s two cabins from the Castellammare di Stabia station, an ancient town, at 2:40 PM yesterday.
After six minutes, with the cabin just 20 seconds from safely reaching the terminus at the summit of the 3,700-foot mountain, it abruptly stopped.
Authorities stated that the failure of the emergency braking system, which was supposed to secure it, caused the cabin to likely start sliding back along the wire.
Emergency services are seen carrying out a rescue mission for those injured in yesterday’s cable car horror plunge in Russia
Thirteen people were also left dangling on the chairs and had to be evacuated by emergency services
Emergency services reportedly spent over an hour trying to reach those who had fallen into a wooded area
The chairlift was first built in 1968, and emergency services believe wear and tear of cables was the ‘preliminary cause of the accident’
According to local media, there had been several complaints about the state of the cable car, with tourists describing it as ‘rusty’ and ‘old’
At that point, the traction cable broke, causing the cabin and its passengers to collide with a nearby pylon at maximum speed, as explained by the manager of the cable car company.
The cabin then plummeted nearly 100ft into the tree-covered ravine below, with its metal walls crumpled by thick branches as it split into pieces.
Parts of it became lodged in the tree canopy while other bits of debris rolled down the slope, with the people inside thrown across the forest, Italian media reports.
All but one of those on board lost their lives, with the Israeli man incredibly found by rescue teams among the mangled wreckage, along with the body of his partner and the three other passengers, some two hours after the alarm was first raised.
