The operation involved a total of 607 search and rescue personnel and 10 helicopters, including a team from the Turkish emergency response agency, AFAD. A number of Coast Guard, fire fighting, and mountain rescue teams from various regions of Turkey were also deployed to assist the users who were still inside the cable car, which had to be stopped operating due to the incident.

For the victims, who were trapped in the Tunektepe cable car outside the Mediterranean city of Antalya, surely felt that this was a tense moment. Helpless, they had to endure at a high altitude without any hope of immediate rescue.

Hatice felt very devastated being there for seven hours. "The train was shaking every second, we were constantly in fear. ... It was very traumatic, I don't know how we will get through this trauma," added Hatice Polat.

The translated text with preserved HTML tags is as follows: "The deceased victim is a 54-year-old Turkish man, while the injured victims consist of two children and six Turkish citizens as well as one citizen of Kyrgyzstan. They were immediately rescued by the Coast Guard helicopter and flown to the hospital for necessary treatment. Source: Yahoo.com."